Convert function?

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HOW TO CONVERT DATE TYPE TO TIMESTAMP TYPE? PLS GIVE EXAMPLE

Welcome to the Forum,
to convert data to timestamp
Example
SQL> SELECT TO_CHAR(sysdate,'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS') "Date" FROM dual;
Date
09/29/2010 16:55:14
Convert DATE datatype to TIMESTAMP datatype
SQL> SELECT CAST(sysdate AS TIMESTAMP) "Date" FROM dual;
Date
29-SEP-10 04.55.14.000000 PM
see this link for more examples
http://www.databasejournal.com/features/oracle/article.php/2234501/A-Comparison-of-Oracles-DATE-and-TIMESTAMP-Datatypes.htm

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THIS IS A DUPLICATE ENTRY AND REPLY, PLEASE USE ADD ADDITIONAL NOTES TO THE OTHER REPLY
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All,
How to convert CONVERT function in SQL Server to oracle, below mentioned format is in SQL Server:
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parameter1 datatype nvarchar2(100)
parameter2 datatype bigint
parameter3 datatype bigint
I did bit R&D, but was not successful..but still getting on..
If any help that would be great...
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~ORA

You cannot specify the precision/scale or length of input paramters to a stored procedure in Oracle, or at least the pl/sql engine does not respect the sizing. Assuming that you want to do something with variable1 in the procedure, and not just return it, the Oracle equivalent would be something along the lines of:
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2                     p_param2 IN NUMBER,
3                     p_param3 IN NUMBER) RETURN NUMBER IS
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7 END;
8 /
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2     l_num NUMBER(20);
3 BEGIN
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Hi
I am using this query for retreiving the records from sql server.
When the query
select "e1" as emp,"e2" as date,"e3" as one_year rom "tablename"@databaselink
it is working fine but when the same query is used with the convert function on one of the column like
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My source DB is : US7ASCII
My target DB is : AL32UTF8
Basically I am using oracle CONVERT funciton to convert the data.
Unforutnately AL32UTF8 is not predefined in CONVERT function.
So, is there are any other ways to convert the data ? Plz let me know.
Thx,
Vi.

You have two databases. Database A uses a US7ASCII character set. Database B uses an AL32UTF8 character set.
- Is all the data in Database A actually US7ASCII data?
- What version of Oracle is Database A running? What version of Oracle is Database B running?
- On which database are you running the CONVERT function?
- Why do you believe you need to use the CONVERT function? If you are moving data from one database to another, Oracle should automatically take care of character set conversion.
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I work mm in my shop, but I need to convert to inches. I don't understand the instructions. Help!

Hi Daru,
I saw that in the instructions, no "mm" mentioned. But mm worked without the extra step of dividing... But there are so many glitches in this iWork version... it's really dumbed down. But this was my problem, not the app. Thanks for your reply.
It seems there are lots of things about the CONVERT function that could be more clearly documented. Note here the 16 types of text that can be "prepended" to any metric unit: of which "m" is just one (I got lucky). For functions that Numbers and Excel have in common (in my experience Numbers has a pretty powerful subset of Excel functions, with the new Numbers adding some that the old Numbers didn't have) sometimes searching for descriptions of the Excel function yields more details.
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I am using the convert function while doing data transfer between 2 databases in ODI.
The NLS_CHARACTERSET of source data base is WE8ISO8859P1 and that of the target is AL32UTF8.
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Don't pass the '£' character in the v_string and simply pre-pend it to the correctly converted string

Using convert function on nvarchar2

Hi experts,
I am having a bit of a problem with the convert function. We use convert to compare street- and citynames and ignore any special characters, such as é ç etc.
Something like:
select ...
from   ...
where convert(new_street_name, 'US7ASCII') = convert(existing_street_name, 'US7ASCII')
This works fine if the datatype is varchar2, for instance:
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TEXT
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TEXT
慡慡捥敥敩楩楯潯潵畵
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NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP    FALSE     NLS conversion exception
NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET AL16UTF16 NCHAR Character set
I have tried several combinations... but no luck so far. Is it possible to use convert on an nvarchar2 to go from é to e?
Maybe it is better just to use the translate function and define each conversion explicitly. Convert seemed a nice option because it works without any additional parameters... on a varchar2 at least
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The usage of convert is not encouraged by the docs and in my opinion it's rather by accident that this works in your specific case than something other.
What's going on?
Convert returns the char-datatype of the input.
We can use simple to_char to use the convert funtion in the way you intend.
(You shoud take care when handling n_char data in sql statements, especially in 10 g enviromnments. You have to set the environment parameter ORA_NCHAR_LITERAL_REPLACE=TRUE and use the n-prefix. Take a look at the globalization guide for more details.)
CREATE TABLE "TESTNCHAR"
   ( "ID" NUMBER,
"STR" NVARCHAR2(30),
"STR2" VARCHAR2(300)
insert into testnchar values (1, n'ßäàáâçëèéêïìíîöòóôüùúûÿ','ßäàáâçëèéêïìíîöòóôüùúûÿ')
select
id
,str,str2
,dump(str,1010) dmp
,dump(str2,1010) dmp2
,dump(convert(str,'US7ASCII')) dc
,dump(convert(str2,'US7ASCII')) dc2
,convert(to_char(str),'US7ASCII') c
,convert(str2,'US7ASCII') c2
from testnchar
ID
STR
STR2
DMP
DMP2
DC
DC2
C
C2
1
ßäàáâçëèéêïìíîöòóôüùúûÿ
ßäàáâçëèéêïìíîöòóôüùúûÿ
Typ=1 Len=46 CharacterSet=AL16UTF16: 0,223,0,228,0,224,0,225,0,226,0,231,0,235,0,232,0,233,0,234,0,239,0,236,0,237,0,238,0,246,0,242,0,243,0,244,0,252,0,249,0,250,0,251,0,255
Typ=1 Len=46 CharacterSet=AL32UTF8: 195,159,195,164,195,160,195,161,195,162,195,167,195,171,195,168,195,169,195,170,195,175,195,172,195,173,195,174,195,182,195,178,195,179,195,180,195,188,195,185,195,186,195,187,195,191
Typ=1 Len=23: 63,97,97,97,97,99,101,101,101,101,105,105,105,105,111,111,111,111,117,117,117,117,121
Typ=1 Len=23: 63,97,97,97,97,99,101,101,101,101,105,105,105,105,111,111,111,111,117,117,117,117,121
?aaaaceeeeiiiioooouuuuy
?aaaaceeeeiiiioooouuuuy
We can see that this already fails for ß.
To give you an idea of alternative approaches:
create table test_comp (nid number, str1 varchar2(300), str2 varchar2(300))
insert into test_comp values (1, 'ßäàáâçëèéêïìíîöòóôüùúûÿ','ssäàáâçëèéêïìíîöòóôüùúûÿ')
insert into test_comp values (2, 'ßäàáâçëèéêïìíîöòóôüùúûÿ','säàáâçëèéêïìíîöòóôüùúûÿ')
select
from test_comp
where
str2 like str1
no data found
select
from test_comp
where
upper(str2) like NLS_UPPER(str1, 'NLS_SORT = XGERMAN')
NID
STR1
STR2
1
ßäàáâçëèéêïìíîöòóôüùúûÿ
ssäàáâçëèéêïìíîöòóôüùúûÿ

Oracle convert function

Friends and Gurus,
Table: comments
column: c1
characterset: WE8IS08859P1
I am trying to use Oracle convert function to identify rowid's where column length greater than 4000 characters.
Table comments was created under 'WE8IS08859P1' characterset and I'm moving this table to 'AL32UTF8'.
I don't have csscan installed so trying to query sql and convert column to 'AL32UTF8' characteset and find rowid's to fix.
I have tried below but doesn't help
SELECT MAX(length(CONVERT(c1,'AL32UTF8'))) FROM comments;
SELECT length(CONVERT(c1,'AL32UTF8'))
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did anybody faced similar issue?

Hi,
Whenever you have a problem, please post a little sample data (CREATE TABLE and INSERT statements, relevant columns only) from all tables involved, so that the people who want to help you can re-create the problem and test their ideas.
Simplify the problem as much as possible. For example, instead of looking fro strings that have more than 4000 characters (or bytes), post a problem where you want to find strings longer than 4 characters (or bytes).
Always say which version of Oracle you're using (for example, 11.2.0.2.0).
See the forum FAQ: https://forums.oracle.com/message/9362002
Are you interested in the number of characters, or the number of bytes? Use LENGTHB if you want the length in bytes.

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Hi ,
i am writing this function in oracle.Could you please convert this function in SQL Server 2000 because i am new in this and dont know how to use decode function in sql.
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Just take a look example below might give you idea :
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rp,
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EXPORTING
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Message was edited by:
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HI,
Welcome to SDN!!!!!!!
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