Re: external function

A copy of this was sent to maylee <mayleel_at_my-deja.com> (if that email address didn't require changing) On Wed, 29 Dec 1999 19:21:19 GMT, you wrote:

>Help!!
>
>I am creating a view the contains a column called "creation_date" from a
>main table.
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>This date is the numeric representation of a UNIX date (on Solaris). I
>cannot find a "clean" way to conver this date to a date that is
>recognizable to oracle as being a valid date... I have thought of
>creating an external function in C that converts this date to an "ORACLE
>date" but is this the best way???
>
>
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.

if you mean the number of seconds since 1/1/1970 gmt, see http://osi.oracle.com/~tkyte/Misc/CTime.html for a to_date that converts it.

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Opinions are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of Oracle Corporation Received on Wed Dec 29 1999 - 14:00:24 CST