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Tom Miskiewicz wrote:
>Richard,
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>>Are you sure the STARTDATE column is a DATE data type? Do a describe on
>>the TEST table.
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>The application server I'm using shows it as a data, BUT in the database
>it's a number field.
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>Thanks
>Tom
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Well since numbers are not dates you will need to write a function to
make the appropriate
conversion.
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