RE: comparing datetime

From: Mark W. Farnham <mwf_at_rsiz.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:48:07 -0400
Message-ID: <010201ce3c11$73868770$5a939650$_at_rsiz.com>

You really don't want to run the function on the column for each row. You want to get the timestamp literal either with the to_timestamp function with the flexible formatting options or in the form the other fellow suggested.

Unless you're trying to avoid using an index on the timestamp column or feel a need to give your cpu a little extra exercise, then cast your column all you want, but that is going to do extra work on each row, which is a bad habit that can be significant.

What release are you on that dbms_xplan.display_cursor is not working? Perhaps you need to enable something. Good lord, I take that being available as a given and I don't know how people live without it.

mwf

-----Original Message-----
From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of jo
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 2:50 AM
Cc: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Re: comparing datetime

Hi Mark,

I resolved the question by using CAST...

SELECT ts_ultima_modifica FROM movimento_canina WHERE CASTcast(ts_ultima_modifica AS TIMESTAMP)='2013-04-11 10:14:52.782680';

thanks for the help anyway.

ps:

by the way, the query
select * from table(dbms_xplan.display_cursor(format=>'ALLSTATS LAST')); doesn't work.

Mark W. Farnham wrote:
> If you want an explicit conversion of a constant to a timestamp, use
> to_timestamp:
>
> to_timestamp('2012-03-13 14:12:14.476865','YYYY-MM-DD
> HH24:MI:SS.FFTZD')
>
> If you want to see what your query is using for an implicit timestamp
> conversion, then run your query and then run
>
> select * from table(dbms_xplan.display_cursor(format=>'ALLSTATS
> LAST'));
>
> and you should see the comparison actually being done in a filter
statement.
>
> Then, seeing what Oracle is doing might help you see what is wrong.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org
> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]
> On Behalf Of Jose Soares
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 8:59 AM
> To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
> Subject: comparing datetime
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm having some troubles comparing datetimes in oracle... what's wrong
> with these queries:
>
>
> file: login.sql
>
> alter session set nls_timestamp_tz_format='YYYY-MM-DD
> HH24:MI:SS.FFTZD';
>
> select codice_bdn,data_invio_entrata from movimento_canina join
> tipo_movimento_canina on
> tipo_movimento_canina.codice=cod_tipo_movimento_entrata and
> data_invio_entrata>'2012-03-13 14:12:14.476865' and rownum = 1;
>
> select codice_bdn,data_invio_entrata from movimento_canina join
> tipo_movimento_canina on
> tipo_movimento_canina.codice=cod_tipo_movimento_entrata and
> data_invio_entrata='2012-03-13 14:12:14.476865' and rownum = 1;
>
> select codice_bdn,data_invio_entrata from movimento_canina join
> tipo_movimento_canina on
> tipo_movimento_canina.codice=cod_tipo_movimento_entrata and
> data_invio_entrata<'2012-03-13 14:12:14.476865' and rownum = 1;
>
>
>
> $ sqlplus uri
>
> Session altered.
>
> CODI DATA_INVIO_ENTRATA
> ----
>

---

> 0 2012-03-13 14:12:14.476865
>
> no rows selected
>
> no rows selected
>
> SQL>
>
> Why data_invio_entrata > '2012-03-13 14:12:14.476865' if they
> contains the same value?
> j
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