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DATE ISSUES [message #330048] Fri, 27 June 2008 07:51 Go to next message
nagaa
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I am Inserting 11-NOV-1111 as NULL value of DATE datatype of a column in a source table. After inserted the source table contains 11-NOV-11 value for NULL. while selecting the values, is 11-NOV-11, which is in meaing 11-NOV-2011.

I want the NULL value to be invalid date which should not be in 1900 or 2000 centuries.

Pls,help

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Re: DATE ISSUES [message #330051 is a reply to message #330048] Fri, 27 June 2008 07:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
joy_division
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Such a bad design can lead to unexpected results. Using proper TO_DATE function may help your overcome the results you are seeing, but you'd have a hard time finding anyone here who thinks storing a dummy value instead of a null is helpful in any way. Get ready for the responses.

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Re: DATE ISSUES [message #330056 is a reply to message #330048] Fri, 27 June 2008 08:18 Go to previous message
Michel Cadot
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NULL is NULL and should not be any value.
Using value instead of NULL will fool the optimizer.

Regards
Michel

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