Re: listing data after a certain date

In article <6e70s0$48i$1_at_nnrp1.dejanews.com>,   dwarakv_at_hotmail.com wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I need to write a query which lists data after a certain date. The
> following query is what I have tried writing but have been unsuccessful with
> it.
>
> Select name, ssn
> from junk
> where date > to_number(1-MAR-98)
>
> The columns in the table are name varchar2(25)
> ssn number(9)
> date date

G'day!

Try :
SELECT name, ssn
FROM junk
WHERE date > to_date('01-MAR-98','DD-MON-YY')

Since the default date format is DD-MON-YY, you could probablt just use WHERE date > '01-MAR-98'

That should work.

Stay Casual,

Ken

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