Date in sql query problem

Hi,
I have a search form with 1 field (date picker) - the user chooses a date and a report based on a sql query is shown.
I want the report to be based on only the month and year, and not the particular day.
If there is a date picker (or something similar) for only month and/or year, then I can change my form, but I don't see this option.
So, I'm trying to write my query to ignore the Day portion in the search form and just do a search based on the month and year, but i'm having trouble with this.
This is my query...
select d.dept, count(e.emp_id) "No. of Employees"
from dept d, employees e
where e.date_created = trunc(:P13_DATE, 'MONTH YYYY')
and d.dept_id = e.dept_id
group by dept
order by dept
How do I write the where clause so that the search is done only on month and year?
Or otherwise, how can I change the search form to exclude the day from the date?
Thanks.

Hi,
Oh, the invalid number is the result of :P13_DATE being a string value. all item values are actually strings (or varchar2 if you like) when you referencing them with ':Px_ITEM' format. With the pl/sql function there are 2 possible ways to reference item, namely the function: V('Px_ITEM') and NV('Px_ITEM'). Although in SQL varchar2 => number conversion can be dealed with by the SQL engine.
Unfortunally there is no pl/sql method for getting a DATE of an date-picker item (based on its format mask etc.). Patrick Wolf has added this function in his ApExLib framework, function DV. I find this a nice extension.

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||'or upper(pb.name) like ''%'' || upper(:P40_SEARCH) || ''%'''
||'or upper(:P40_SEARCH) is null)'
||'and ((upper(b.title) like ''%'' || upper(:P40_TITLE) || ''%'' or upper(:P40_TITLE) is null))'
||'and ((upper(b.series) like ''%'' || upper(:P40_SERIES) || ''%'' or upper(:P40_SERIES) is null))'
||'and ((upper(p.last_name) like ''%'' || upper(:P40_LASTNAME) || ''%'' or upper(:P40_LASTNAME) is null))'
||'and ((upper(p.first_name) like ''%'' || upper(:P40_FIRSTNAME) || ''%'' or upper(:P40_FIRSTNAME) is null))'
||'and ((upper(f.format_ret) in (upper(l_vc_format)) or upper(:P40_FORMAT) is null))'
||'group by b.BOOK_ID, bk.book_id, bkk.book_id, b.TITLE, b.SUBTITLE, b.SERIES, b.VOLUME, b.ISBN, f.FORMAT_ret, b.DESCRIPTION, '
||'b.PUBLISHED, b.PURCHASED_FROM, b.COMMENTS, b.WEBSITE, c.LENGTH_MINS, pb.name, b.abridged, '
||'(nvl(d.disk01,0)+nvl(d.disk02,0)+nvl(d.disk03,0)+nvl(d.disk04,0)+nvl(d.disk05,0)+nvl(d.disk06,0)+nvl(d.disk07,0)+nvl(d.disk08,0)+'
||'nvl(d.disk09,0)+nvl(d.disk10,0)+nvl(d.disk11,0)+nvl(d.disk12,0)+nvl(d.disk13,0)+nvl(d.disk14,0)+nvl(d.disk15,0)+nvl(d.disk16,0)+nvl(d.disk17,0)+'
||'nvl(d.disk18,0)+nvl(d.disk19,0)+nvl(d.disk20,0)+nvl(d.disk21,0)+nvl(d.disk22,0)+nvl(d.disk23,0)+nvl(d.disk24,0)+nvl(d.disk25,0)+nvl(d.disk26,0)+'
||'nvl(d.disk27,0)+nvl(d.disk28,0)+nvl(d.disk29,0)+nvl(d.disk30,0)+nvl(d.disk31,0)+nvl(d.disk32,0)+nvl(d.disk33,0)+nvl(d.disk34,0)+nvl(d.disk35,0)+'
||'nvl(d.disk36,0)+nvl(d.disk37,0)+nvl(d.disk38,0)+nvl(d.disk39,0)+nvl(d.disk40,0)+nvl(d.disk41,0)+nvl(d.disk42,0)+nvl(d.disk43,0)+nvl(d.disk44,0)+'
||'nvl(d.disk45,0)+nvl(d.disk46,0)+nvl(d.disk47,0)+nvl(d.disk48,0)+nvl(d.disk49,0)+nvl(d.disk50,0))';
RETURN q1;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
RETURN q1;
end create_report2;
end;
And here is what I have for my Region Source on my report:
return lib2.report_query.create_report2(v('P40_FORMAT'));
Here is my error when I run the page:
failed to parse SQL query:
ORA-00936: missing expression
I have tried the region source line in many variations, this is just my latest one. None of them have worked. I am quite obviously missing something quite important and probably extremely silly. Any ideas?
Thanks!
Chrissy

Chrissy,
This is what the package returns as a query:
select b.BOOK_ID, bk.book_id bkid, bkk.book_id bkkid,
b.TITLE, b.SUBTITLE, b.SERIES, b.VOLUME, b.ISBN, f.FORMAT_RET,
b.DESCRIPTION, .PUBLISHED,b.PURCHASED_FROM, b.COMMENTS, b.WEBSITE,
c.LENGTH_MINS, stragg(p.last_name || ', ' || p.first_name) Author,
stragg(p.person_id) person_id, pb.name PUBLISHER, decode(b.abridged,
'Y','Abridged','N','Unabridged') Abridged,
(nvl(d.disk01,0)+nvl(d.disk02,0)+nvl(d.disk03,0)+nvl(d.disk04,0)+nvl(d.disk05,0)
nvl(d.disk06,0)nvl(d.disk07,0)+nvl(d.disk08,0)+nvl(d.disk09,0)+nvl(d.disk10,0)
nvl(d.disk11,0)nvl(d.disk12,0)+nvl(d.disk13,0)+nvl(d.disk14,0)+nvl(d.disk15,0)
nvl(d.disk16,0)nvl(d.disk17,0)+nvl(d.disk18,0)+nvl(d.disk19,0)+nvl(d.disk20,0)
nvl(d.disk21,0)nvl(d.disk22,0)+nvl(d.disk23,0)+nvl(d.disk24,0)+nvl(d.disk25,0)
nvl(d.disk26,0)nvl(d.disk27,0)+nvl(d.disk28,0)+nvl(d.disk29,0)+nvl(d.disk30,0)
nvl(d.disk31,0)nvl(d.disk32,0)+nvl(d.disk33,0)+nvl(d.disk34,0)+nvl(d.disk35,0)
nvl(d.disk36,0)nvl(d.disk37,0)+nvl(d.disk38,0)+nvl(d.disk39,0)+nvl(d.disk40,0)
nvl(d.disk41,0)nvl(d.disk42,0)+nvl(d.disk43,0)+nvl(d.disk44,0)+nvl(d.disk45,0)
nvl(d.disk46,0)nvl(d.disk47,0)+nvl(d.disk48,0)+nvl(d.disk49,0)+nvl(d.disk50,0)) total_tracksfrom book b,
book bk,book bkk,person p,lkup_book_author la,lkup_book_publisher lp,
lkup_book_format lkf,format f,publisher pb,conversion_info_audio c,
lkup_book_disk_info dwhere b.book_id = la.book_idand b.book_id = bk.book_idand b.book_id = bkk.book_idand p.person_id = la.author_idand
b.book_id = lp.book_idand b.book_id = c.book_idand b.book_id = d.book_idand
b.book_id = lkf.book_idand lkf.format_id = f.format_idand pb.publisher_id(+) = lp.publisher_idand
b.wishlist = 'N'and (upper(b.book_id) like '%' || upper(:P40_SEARCH) || '%'
or upper(b.title) like '%' || upper(:P40_SEARCH) || '%'or upper(b.subtitle) like '%' ||
upper(:P40_SEARCH) || '%'or upper(b.series) like '%' || upper(:P40_SEARCH) || '%'or
upper(b.volume) like '%' || upper(:P40_SEARCH) || '%'or upper(b.isbn) like '%' ||
upper(:P40_SEARCH) || '%'or upper(b.format) like '%' || upper(:P40_SEARCH) || '%'or upper(b.description) like '%' || upper(:P40_SEARCH) || '%'or upper(b.published)
like '%' || upper(:P40_SEARCH) || '%'or upper(b.purchased_from) like '%' ||
upper(:P40_SEARCH) || '%'or upper(b.comments) like '%' || upper(:P40_SEARCH)
|| '%'or upper(b.website) like '%' || upper(:P40_SEARCH) || '%'or
upper(p.last_name) like '%' || upper(:P40_SEARCH) || '%'or upper(p.first_name)
like '%' || upper(:P40_SEARCH) || '%'or upper(pb.name) like '%' ||
upper(:P40_SEARCH) || '%'or upper(:P40_SEARCH) is null)and
((upper(b.title) like '%' || upper(:P40_TITLE) || '%' or
upper(:P40_TITLE) is null))and ((upper(b.series) like '%' ||
upper(:P40_SERIES) || '%' or upper(:P40_SERIES) is null))and
((upper(p.last_name) like '%' || upper(:P40_LASTNAME) || '%' or
upper(:P40_LASTNAME) is null))and ((upper(p.first_name) like '%' ||
upper(:P40_FIRSTNAME) || '%' or upper(:P40_FIRSTNAME) is null))and
((upper(f.format_ret) in (upper(l_vc_format)) or upper(:P40_FORMAT) is null))
group by b.BOOK_ID, bk.book_id, bkk.book_id, b.TITLE, b.SUBTITLE, b.SERIES, b.VOLUME,
b.ISBN, f.FORMAT_ret, b.DESCRIPTION, b.PUBLISHED, b.PURCHASED_FROM, b.COMMENTS, b.WEBSITE,
c.LENGTH_MINS, pb.name, b.abridged, (nvl(d.disk01,0)+nvl(d.disk02,0)+nvl(d.disk03,0)
nvl(d.disk04,0)nvl(d.disk05,0)+nvl(d.disk06,0)+nvl(d.disk07,0)+nvl(d.disk08,0)
nvl(d.disk09,0)nvl(d.disk10,0)+nvl(d.disk11,0)+nvl(d.disk12,0)+nvl(d.disk13,0)
nvl(d.disk14,0)nvl(d.disk15,0)+nvl(d.disk16,0)+nvl(d.disk17,0)+nvl(d.disk18,0)
nvl(d.disk19,0)nvl(d.disk20,0)+nvl(d.disk21,0)+nvl(d.disk22,0)+nvl(d.disk23,0)
nvl(d.disk24,0)nvl(d.disk25,0)+nvl(d.disk26,0)+nvl(d.disk27,0)+nvl(d.disk28,0)
nvl(d.disk29,0)nvl(d.disk30,0)+nvl(d.disk31,0)+nvl(d.disk32,0)+nvl(d.disk33,0)
nvl(d.disk34,0)nvl(d.disk35,0)+nvl(d.disk36,0)+nvl(d.disk37,0)+nvl(d.disk38,0)
nvl(d.disk39,0)nvl(d.disk40,0)+nvl(d.disk41,0)+nvl(d.disk42,0)+nvl(d.disk43,0)
nvl(d.disk44,0)nvl(d.disk45,0)+nvl(d.disk46,0)+nvl(d.disk47,0)+nvl(d.disk48,0)
nvl(d.disk49,0)nvl(d.disk50,0))
This query will never work. I marked only couple of errors you have there. Actually,
I meant "formating" errors rather than "syntactical" errors. You are missing spaces
all over the place. This is why I suggested to use a CLOB column in a test table
to return the query for debugging purposes - this is how I do it at least, when I need
to escape and concatenate a lot of code.
If you are referencing item values from a user session in a function or a procedure,
then you need to use the v('ITEM') syntax instead of :ITEM syntax. However, if the
output of this procedure will be used as a function returning SQL query, you will
be fine with :ITEM.
Denes Kubicek
http://deneskubicek.blogspot.com/
http://htmldb.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=31517:1
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I have question regarding sql query . Right now I am getting the results like this if i use this sql query
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