Date functions in Oracle 8i Lite

Question

When i am trying to type in the following command in my win98 o/s:
select to_char(to_date('01-jul-1997','dd-mon-yyyy'),'day ww')from dual
My sql*plus returns the following error message:
OCA-30021: error preparing/executing SQL statement
[POL-2423] invalid value for date/time field
However, I can run this statement under the 8i lite WINNT environment. I want to know whether this is due to limitation of 8i lite running on Win98 or there is some problem with my configuration of Oracle 8i?
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Answer 1

This syntax doesn't work.Do you mean it hurls an exception or just doesn't return the expected result? Please describe the expected and actual behaviour, with error messages if appropriate. Because it ought to work...
SQL> select * from dds;
        ID SDATE     EDATE
         1 11-FEB-06 11-MAR-06
         2 06-APR-06 11-APR-06
         3 11-APR-06 11-MAY-06
SQL> set serveroutput on
SQL> declare
  2    d1 date := trunc(sysdate, 'MM');
  3    d2 date := last_day(sysdate);
  4  begin
  5    for r in ( select * from dds
  6               where sdate >= d1 and edate <= d2 )
  7    loop
  8       dbms_output.put_line(r.id||'::'||r.sdate||'::'||r.edate);
  9    end loop;
10  end;
11  /
2::06-APR-06::11-APR-06
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> Cheers, APC