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Outer Joins and To_Char [message #310626] Tue, 01 April 2008 16:49 Go to next message
nigelcg
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Registered: April 2008
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Hi,
I need to use an outer join outside a to_char

to_char(the_date_field,'YYYYWW')(+) = '200815'

This throws up the error ORA-00936 missing expression.

I know it will work if I put the (+) right after the date before the mask but it need to check the week rather than the date.

I have tried using a function based index without success.

Any ideas?

Thanks

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Re: Outer Joins and To_Char [message #310628 is a reply to message #310626] Tue, 01 April 2008 17:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Barbara Boehmer
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Registered: November 2002
Location: California, USA
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to_char (the_date_field(+), 'YYYYWW') = '200814'

is the correct method. If you test it, you will see that it returns the correct results.

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icon14.gif  Re: Outer Joins and To_Char [message #658272 is a reply to message #310628] Wed, 07 December 2016 15:05 Go to previous message
las911
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Registered: December 2016
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This is the correct answer. Thank you for helping me fix my issue

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