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Re: Comparing Date - Problem

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 21:30:01 -0800
Message-ID: <1067491818.940934@yasure>


Tom Miskiewicz wrote:

>Richard,
>
>
>
>>Are you sure the STARTDATE column is a DATE data type? Do a describe on
>>the TEST table.
>>
>>
>
>The application server I'm using shows it as a data, BUT in the database
>it's a number field.
>
>
>Thanks
>Tom
>
>

Well since numbers are not dates you will need to write a function to make the appropriate
conversion.

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