Re: TO_DATE does not work inside PLSQL cursor???

From: Jonathan Lewis <jonathan_at_jlcomp.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 07:32:59 -0000
Message-ID: <976692596.20922.0.nnrp-01.9e984b29@news.demon.co.uk>

I don't know -

from_date, to_date seem a reasonably pair of names.

If you look at v$sort_usage, you will find that some employees of Oracle Corp have managed to name (and q.a.) a column called USER !

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Nuno Souto wrote in message <3a35ef20.4856709_at_news-server>...


>Hi fellas.

>

>Found out what the problem was.

>

>The table has a column with the name (wait for it!)

>

>TO_DATE  NOT NULL DATE

>

>!!!!!!

>

>Now, this is not a problem if you use the function TO_DATE in a normal

>SQL statement.

>But if you use it inside a cursor in a PL/SQL block, all hell breaks

>loose: PL/SQL will think the TO_DATE is your column, not the function.

>And it plonks you a PLS-00222 for good measure.

>

>This is a problem with PL/SQL.

>

>Of course, no one in his/her right mind would create such a column in

>an ORACLE table.  Except Sybaser's converting to ORACLE.

><sigh>.....

>

>

>Cheers

>Nuno Souto

>nsouto_at_bigpond.net.au.nospam

>http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/the_Den/index.html

>

Received on Wed Dec 13 2000 - 01:32:59 CST