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null values [message #396705] Tue, 07 April 2009 15:00 Go to next message
nalifan
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SELECT job_id, nvl(loaded_date,SYSDATE) AS "Loaded Date" 
FROM loaded_tables
WHERE job_id BETWEEN 21117 AND 21196


Result:
JOB_ID Loaded Date
-------- ----------------------
21184 26/09/2008 9:45:02 AM

repeated for all 121 records.

SELECT job_id, nvl(loaded_date,SYSDATE) AS "Loaded Date" 
FROM loaded_tables
WHERE job_id BETWEEN 21117 AND 21196
AND loaded_date BETWEEN '26-SEP-08' AND '07-APR-09'


Result:
JOB_ID Loaded Date
-------- ----------------------
21184 26/09/2008 9:45:02 AM

repeated for only 84 records.

The other 37 values that are missing have null values in the "loaded_date" field.

Is there a way to get those null values to display in a query where you specify a between clause?
Maybe something like the "%" wildcard.

I tried the nvl function, can't seem to make it work.

Is this possible?
Re: null values [message #396707 is a reply to message #396705] Tue, 07 April 2009 15:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
BlackSwan
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>AND loaded_date BETWEEN '26-SEP-08' AND '07-APR-09'
For Oracle strings are delimited by single quote marks on each end.
'this is a string 2009-04-06 not a DATE'
When a DATE datatype is needed use TO_DATE() function

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or loaded_date is null

[Updated on: Tue, 07 April 2009 15:12]

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Re: null values [message #396709 is a reply to message #396705] Tue, 07 April 2009 15:33 Go to previous message
joy_division
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If I understand your question, you will need to use a ROW GENERATOR to "show" the missing rows. Search for it.

And please do take the advice about DATEs and strings. too many people treat strings as DATEs. Best case is that it is sloppy. Bad case is it will fail with an error message. Worst case is it won't give you results that you think are correct but are not.
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