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Assume I got a database resp. table defintion with a DATE field. How do I find out in which format the
field should be filled in an INSERT SQL statement?
Sometimes when I enter e.g.
INSERT INTO .... VALUES (....., '2005-01-25',.....);
or
INSERT INTO .... VALUES (....., '2005-01-25-13.14.15.00',.......);
I got an error like:
ORA-01861: literal does not match format string
before I realized that
INSERT INTO .... VALUES (....., '25-01-2005',....); is the correct format.
Tom Received on Sat Jan 22 2005 - 02:37:04 CST