Date format in table TCURR

In table TCURR the Value from field holds the date in the following format 79909771. What does this mean in normal date format?

99999999 - 79909771 = 20090228 = 28/02/2009

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Date format in table

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Hi,
use delete statement on TCURR table.
ex:
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commit work.
Reward points for helpful answers,
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COURSE VARCHAR2(10)
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1 Science/History 4/3
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nIndex     INTEGER;
pltcourses     DBMS_SQL.VARCHAR2_TABLE;
pltcredits     DBMS_SQL.NUMBER_TABLE;
newcourses varchar2(50);
newcredits varchar2(10);
BEGIN
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--courses and creditsstudent ID
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loop
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newcourses:=pltcourses(nIndex);
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end if;
end loop;
     pltcredits(nIndex):=courses_rec.credits;
--Store credits data in variable newcredits
--If the newcredits is not null then put a '/' between each credits
loop
if newcredits is null then
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else
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end if;
end loop;
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INSERT INTO NEW_STUDENT
(student_id ,
course,
credits
) VALUES
(student_rec.student_id,
newcourses,
newcredits
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END LOOP;
-- come out of the loop
END LOOP;
END;
While doing so I get an error message:
declare
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error
ORA-06512: at line 23.
The error is at the line:
newcourses:=newcourses||'/'||pltcourses(nIndex);
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Thank you for reading this long mail.
Thank you.
Rama.

Hi dude
there is lot of error in ur pl/sql.
and u have created table new_student with columns
student_id number(10),
courses varchar2(30),
credits number(10).
first u need to modify ur table.
student_id number(10),
courses varchar2(30),
credits varchar2(10).
Now i am writing whole pl/sql block for u. it will work fine.
DECLARE
CURSOR studentlist_cursor IS select distinct student_id from student ORDER BY student_id;
CURSOR courses_cursor(nstudentid number) is select course, credits from student
where student_id = nstudentid;
nIndex INTEGER;
pltcourses DBMS_SQL.VARCHAR2_TABLE;
pltcredits DBMS_SQL.NUMBER_TABLE;
newcourses varchar2(50);
newcredits varchar2(10);
BEGIN
FOR student_rec IN studentlist_cursor
LOOP
nIndex:=0;
newcourses := null;
newcredits := null;
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LOOP
nIndex:=nIndex+1;
pltcourses(nIndex):=courses_rec.course;
if newcourses is null then
newcourses:=pltcourses(nIndex);
else
newcourses:=newcourses||'/'||pltcourses(nIndex);
end if;
pltcredits(nIndex):=courses_rec.credits;
if newcredits is null then
newcredits:=pltcredits(nIndex);
else
newcredits:=newcredits||'/'||pltcredits(nIndex);
end if;
end loop;
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(student_id,
course) VALUES
(student_rec.student_id,
newcourses);
END LOOP;
END;
and please revert back
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Anil

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Height of the box. Default: HEIGHT value of the SIZE command.
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Thickness of frame.
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TW (twip)
PT (point)
IN (inch)
MM (millimeter)
CM (centimeter)
LN (line)
CH (character).
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1 TW = 1/20 PT
1 PT = 1/72 IN
1 IN = 2.54 CM
1 CM = 10 MM
1 CH = height of a character relative to the CPI specification in the form header
1 LN = height of a line relative to the LPI specification in the form header
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PAGE
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Syntax
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WIDTH, HEIGHT
Dimensions of the rectangle or line.
WINDOW
Sets the values for the width and height to the values of the current window (default setting).
PAGE
Sets the values for the width and height to the values of the current output page.
/: SIZE WINDOW
Sets WIDTH and HEIGHT to the current window dimensions.
/: SIZE WIDTH '3.5' CM HEIGHT '7.6' CM
Sets WIDTH to 3.5 cm and HEIGHT to 7.6 cm.
/: POSITION WINDOW
/: POSITION XORIGIN -20 TW YORIGIN -20 TW
/: SIZE WIDTH +40 TW HEIGHT +40 TW
/: BOX FRAME 10 TW
A frame is added to the current window. The edges of the frame extend beyond the edges of the window itself, so as to avoid obscuring the leading and trailing text characters.
<REMOVED BY MODERATOR>
Regards
Anji
Edited by: Alvaro Tejada Galindo on Jul 8, 2008 10:59 AM

External table with Date Format

I have external table and in the file date format is YYYY-MM-DD.
i want to insert date format mask in the create table command .
the bleow command is getting created . But it is giving error when i use select command.
CREATE TABLE XADV.XADV_test_EXT_TABLE
BPO_START_DATE Date
ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
( TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
DEFAULT DIRECTORY XCRM_DASHBOARD
ACCESS PARAMETERS
( RECORDS DELIMITED BY NEWLINE
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|^|'
BPO_START_DATE date 'YYYY-MM-DD'
LOCATION (XCRM_DASHBOARD:'test.txt')
REJECT LIMIT UNLIMITED
NOPARALLEL
NOMONITORING;
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RA-29913: error in executing ODCIEXTTABLEOPEN callout
ORA-29400: data cartridge error
KUP-00554: error encountered while parsing access parameters
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KUP-01007: at line 3 column 3
ORA-06512: at "SYS.ORACLE_LOADER", line 19
regards
Mani

shoblock wrote:
use double quotes instead of single quotesHas nothing to do with the quotes. Issue is field list must be enclosed in parents:
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2 (
3 BPO_START_DATE Date
4 )
5 ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
6 (
7   TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
8   DEFAULT DIRECTORY TMP
9   ACCESS PARAMETERS
10   (
11    RECORDS DELIMITED BY NEWLINE
12    FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
13     BPO_START_DATE date "YYYY-MM-DD"
14   )
15 LOCATION (TMP:'test.txt')
16 )
17 REJECT LIMIT UNLIMITED
18 NOPARALLEL
19 NOMONITORING
20 /
Table created.
SQL> select * from XADV_test_EXT_TABLE
2 /
select * from XADV_test_EXT_TABLE
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-29913: error in executing ODCIEXTTABLEOPEN callout
ORA-29400: data cartridge error
KUP-00554: error encountered while parsing access parameters
KUP-01005: syntax error: found "identifier": expecting one of: "column,
enclosed, exit, (, ltrim, lrtrim, ldrtrim, missing, notrim, optionally, rtrim,
reject"
KUP-01008: the bad identifier was: BPO_START_DATE
KUP-01007: at line 3 column 4
ORA-06512: at "SYS.ORACLE_LOADER", line 19
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2 (
3 BPO_START_DATE Date
4 )
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6 (
7   TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
8   DEFAULT DIRECTORY TMP
9   ACCESS PARAMETERS
10   (
11    RECORDS DELIMITED BY NEWLINE
12    FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
13    (
14     BPO_START_DATE date 'YYYY-MM-DD'
15    )
16   )
17 LOCATION (TMP:'test.txt')
18 )
19 REJECT LIMIT UNLIMITED
20 NOPARALLEL
21 NOMONITORING
22 /
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Date format in external table

Hi All,
I have a flat file which has date field that looks like '2007-08-09 19:04:03.597000000'. I have to create an external table to read the file. I tried giving these two date formats 'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss.ff' and 'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss.ms'. But none of them works. what should be the date format to be mentioned in external table defnition?
The external table defnition is like
CREATE TABLE EXT_TEST
( "ID" NUMBER(10,0),
"DATE_COL" DATE
ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
( TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
DEFAULT DIRECTORY "EXT_TAB_DIR"
ACCESS PARAMETERS
( RECORDS DELIMITED BY NEWLINE
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|'
MISSING FIELD VALUES ARE NULL(
ID,
"DATE_COL" DATE "yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss.ff"
LOCATION
( 'test.dat'
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Thanks

Thanks for the help,
I have one more date column and the format is like 1/31/2007 4:03:56 PM. The external table defnition looks like
CREATE TABLE EXT_TEST
( "ID" NUMBER(10,0),
"DATE_COL" DATE
ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
( TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
DEFAULT DIRECTORY "EXT_TAB_DIR"
ACCESS PARAMETERS
( RECORDS DELIMITED BY NEWLINE
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|'
MISSING FIELD VALUES ARE NULL(
ID,
"DATE_COL" char date_format date mask "M/d/yyyy h:mm:ss tt"
LOCATION
( 'test.dat'
REJECT LIMIT UNLIMITED;
But this again gives an error. Is this the correct date format?

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