Re: Oracle date format

"Bill Li" <bill_at_tadi.com> wrote in message news:cmdr02$pdk$1_at_news.sap-ag.de...
> Hi all,
> I am trying to insert date/time value into a column with datatype date.
> During this insertion, I cannot use to_date or any other Oracle functions.
>
> When I use the string, '01-jan-2004', the value is inserted okay.
However,
> when I included the time, e.g. '01-jan-2004 01:01:01', I get the error
> ORA-01830 (date format picture ends before converting entire input
string).
>
> Does anyone know what is the native string value I can use to when insert
> into a date datatype?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
>

Perhaps this is what your instructor wanted you to see. Received on Thu Nov 04 2004 - 12:12:07 CST