Re: Problem with Forms5.0 and command SELECT INTO

From: Jan Hansen <jan_at_brandsoft.dk>
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 16:12:45 +0100
Message-ID: <Repl2.256$ga1.262_at_news.get2net.dk>


 

has to do with the fact that there's an implicit conversion (from DATE to VARCHAR2). Then, the internal format DD-MON-YY is always used (not DD-MMM-YY?). Implicit or explicit, it's better (Y2K bug!) to code this like

 
This also makes it impossible to use the copy command on date-parameters
 
copy('01-01-2000','parameter.my_parameter');  
----won't work because of wrong format.
 
copy('01-JAN-00','parameter.my_parameter');
----This works, but it will always default to 01-01-1900
 
Items will however accept the following copy-command,
althoug it is not the default format.
 
copy('01-01-2000','my_block.my_item');
 
Is there any way to solve this Y2K problem, when you have to use 'copy'?
 
 
----Jan
 
 
Received on Fri Jan 08 1999 - 16:12:45 CET

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