Strange Query error- please explain

From: John Duska <duska_at_srfs.pitt.edu>
Date: 1996/08/22
Message-ID: <4vhtl3$2uk_at_usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu>#1/1


When I query a row in a database using "where trandate = '21-aug-96'" I get 'no rows' returned. But if I do the same query using "where trandate like '21-aug-96'", I get 1 row returned! The one row is the correct answer. What is causing this ananomly? This is Oracle 6.0, btw. thanks,
John

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Received on Thu Aug 22 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST

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