A few question on AE insert

Question

1) inside the AE , I need to insert something into table , sure I create a table in oracle developer, or create a recode in Application design and then build the table, are these two methods have any different?
2) I do the insert inside the AE, why I can't put the sysdate on the fir column??
not working
&Sql4 = "INSERT INTO %Table(Z_Create_ROLE) (Z_CREATION_DATE, Z_ID, EMPLID, Z_Create_ON, ROLEUSER, ROLENAME ) VALUES (sysdate, :1 :2, %DateIn(:3), :4, :5)";
SQLExec(&Sql4, Z_MY_AET.OPRID, Z_MY_AET.EMPLID, Z_MY_AET.Z_Create_ON, &roleuser, &rolename);
The following insert  work fine ,
&Sql4 = "INSERT INTO %Table(Z_Create_ROLE) ( Z_ID,Z_CREATION_DATE, EMPLID, Z_Create_ON, ROLEUSER, ROLENAME ) VALUES (:1, sysdate, :2, %DateIn(:3), :4, :5)";
SQLExec(&Sql4, Z_MY_AET.OPRID, Z_MY_AET.EMPLID, Z_MY_AET.Z_Create_ON, &roleuser, &rolename);

Answer 1

Hi,
1) never create table in just sql developer. Always create records in Application Designer and build then from Application Designer. This way the PeopleTools metadata is in sync with the database.
2) Use %CurrentDateIn instead of systdate. Sysdate is Oracle specific, %CurrentDateIn will transform to the correct database format of the current date.