Oracle FAQ Your Portal to the Oracle Knowledge Grid
HOME | ASK QUESTION | ADD INFO | SEARCH | E-MAIL US
 

Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.server -> Re: Why aren't these queries the same?

Re: Why aren't these queries the same?

From: John Dorlon <john_at_ezsql.net>
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 17:37:18 GMT
Message-ID: <izNh8.17888$L7.22707@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net> 





> I did confirm that trunc(sysdate) returned the same value as sysdate and

> trunc(scott.table_a.mod_date) returned the same value as

scott.table_a.mod_date.



Ed,



  trunc(sysdate) does not return the same value as sysdate.  I think the
reason that it looks the same when you checked it is because your default
date format does not show hours minutes and seconds.



Trunc(sysdate) = midnight


sysdate = right now.



-John
Received on Thu Mar 07 2002 - 11:37:18 CST












Original text of this message













  HOME |
  ASK QUESTION |
  ADD INFO |
  SEARCH |
  E-MAIL US