Date PIcker Difference

Hi,
I have two date pickers , :P26_START and :P26_END which in format 'DD-MON-YY' format,
I need to write a query to fnd the difference between these two date pickers if it is greater then 1 year i need to return a message
Please suggest me
Tx
sudhir

try this please Won't work for leap years
SELECT TO_DATE('21-JAN-05','DD-MON-YY') - TO_DATE('22-JAN-04','DD-MON-YY') x FROM dual;
356 Better use a built in
SELECT MONTHS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE('22-JAN-05','DD-MON-YY'), TO_DATE('21-JAN-04','DD-MON-YY')) x FROM dual;
12though even this will sometimes not work correctly with 2.digit years
SELECT MONTHS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE('22-JAN-99','DD-MON-YY'), TO_DATE('21-JAN-00','DD-MON-YY')) x FROM dual;
1188As William said: 2 digit years is usually no good idea.
Regards
Marcus

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Not Found
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Oracle-Application-Server-10g/10.1.2.0.0 Oracle-HTTP-Server Server at edwdev.dhhs.state.nh.us Port 7779
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/vg02lvol1/app/oracle/product/htmldb/Apache/Apache/logs/error_log.1133956800:
[Wed Dec 7 16:23:43 2005] [error] [client 172.16.252.76] [ecid: 1133990623:172.17.96.35:1802:0:9870,0] mod_plsql: /pls/htmldb/wwv_flow_util
ities.show_as_popup_calendar HTTP-404 ORA-01849: hour must be between 1 and 12\nORA-06512: at "FLOWS_020000.WWV_FLOW_UTILITIES", line 1801\n
ORA-06512: at line 22\n
This happens with both FireFox and Internet Explorer.
Any ideas what's causing this?
-F
Message was edited by:
Fred C Willingham

Fred,
Unfortunately, the answer is no to both of your questions.
There is no way for you as a developer to control which date is highlighted in the popup calendar. It will always highlight the current day (if you're displaying a month that contains the current day). This is an interesting and prudent suggestion, and one which we'll consider for an upcoming release of HTML DB.
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Using HTMLDB 2.2 for now.
=>First question:
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I am trying to create a tabular form on a table[create SQL as below].
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     "ID" NUMBER NOT NULL ENABLE
/My idea of the tabular form is to allow entry of time both hours and minutes from the date picker along with date for <b>"START_DATE", "END_DATE" </b> items.
But I dont see a possibility to do that for hours and minutes. But I remember having seen this in Apex 3.2, not sure if I missed some thing while page making or this feature of Date Picker is left intentionally in the new release.
Please share any ideas you have.
Thanks,
Chaitu.

My understanding is you are trying to create a Tabular form using the Table which you specified, you are expecting time part to be displayed in the Date Picker column ?.
The Time part of hours and Minutes will be displayed based on the format mask used for the Application or the item. if the format mask is DD-MM-YYYY HH24:MI then you will see the hour and minute part with the Date Picker.

Date picker for af:inputDate is not picking up the correct input date

view source:
<af:inputDate value="#{bindings.DateField.attributeValue}" label="#{bindings.DateField.hints.label}"
required="#{bindings.DateField.hints.mandatory}"
valueChangeListener="#{pageFlowScope.CollectApplicantInformation.datesItemChanged}"
columns="#{bindings.DateField.hints.displayWidth}" shortDesc="#{CustomTooltip[DateField]}"
autoSubmit="true" helpTopicId="AppDt" id="DateField" simple="true">
<f:validator binding="#{bindings.DateField.validator}"/>
*<f:converter converterId="CustomConverter"/>*
</af:inputDate>
Here I am not using <af:ConvertDateTime> insted using customConverter, so what code changes do I need to make sure the date picker always picks the already existind date in the inputDate rather picking the current date?
Here is my CustomConverter.java
CustomConverter.java
public class CustomConverter extends DateTimeConverter implements ClientConverter, Converter
public Object getAsObject(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, String value)
String dataType = (String) resolveExpression("#{bindings." + component.getId() + ".attributeDef.javaType.name}");
if (dataType != null && !dataType.equalsIgnoreCase("oracle.jbo.domain.Date") && !dataType.equalsIgnoreCase("oracle.jbo.domain.Timestamp"))
String test = null;
if (context == null || component == null)
throw new NullPointerException();
if (value != null)
// To solve DB transaction dirty issue, Check isEmpty and return null.
if (value.isEmpty())
return null;
// the "value" is stored on the value property of the component.
// The Unified EL allows us to check the type
ValueExpression expression = component.getValueExpression("value");
if (expression != null)
Class<?> expectedType = expression.getType(context.getELContext());
if (expectedType != null)
System.out.println("expectedType Value:::" + expectedType.getName());
// try to convert the value (Object) to the TYPE of the "value" property
// of the underlying JSF component
try
return TypeFactory.getInstance(expectedType, value);
catch (DataCreationException e)
String errorMessage;
if (expectedType.equals(CustomNumber.class))
errorMessage = "You can enter only Numbers in this field";
else
errorMessage = e.getMessage();
if (errorMessage != null)
FacesContext ctx = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
FacesMessage fm = new FacesMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_ERROR, "Invalid Format" , errorMessage);
ctx.addMessage(component.getClientId(), fm);
catch (CustomDomainException e)
int errorCode = e.getErrorMessageCode();
String[] errorMessage = e.getErrorMessageParams();
if (errorCode == 7 && errorMessage != null)
String msg = "Invalid " + errorMessage[0];
FacesContext ctx = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
FacesMessage fm = new FacesMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_ERROR, "Application Error: ", msg);
ctx.addMessage(component.getClientId(), fm);
catch (JboException e)
Throwable cause = e.getCause();
if (cause == null)
cause = e;
test = "not good format";
throw e;
return null;
else
return value != null? value: null;
public String getAsString(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, Object value)
return value != null? value.toString(): null;
public String getClientLibrarySource(FacesContext context)
return null;
@Override
public Collection<String> getClientImportNames()
return Collections.emptySet();
@Override
public String getClientScript(FacesContext context, UIComponent component)
String formatMask = (String) resolveExpression("#{bindings." + component.getId() + ".format}");
if (formatMask != null)
String dataType = (String) resolveExpression("#{bindings." + component.getId() + ".attributeDef.javaType.name}");
if (dataType.equalsIgnoreCase("oracle.jbo.domain.Date") || dataType.equalsIgnoreCase("oracle.jbo.domain.Timestamp"))
if (component == null)
_LOG.severe("The component is null, but it is needed for the client id, so no script written");
return null;
// Add a JavaScript Object to store the datefield formats
// on the client-side. We currently store the format string
// for each and every field. It'd be more efficient to have
// an array of formats, then store for each field the
// index of the format, especially if we could delay outputting
// these objects to when the <form> closes.
String clientId = component.getClientId(context);
if (clientId != null)
// =-=AEW Only if Javascript...
Map<String, Object> requestMap = context.getExternalContext().getRequestMap();
// this fetch could be at the place where we append, but has been
// moved ahead to optimize use of StringBuilder
String jsPattern = getJSPattern(context, component);
String loc = _getLocaleString(context);
// FIX - figure out size!!!
// 127 chars for javascript + length of jspattern + locale + 12 chars for
// tranforming to name in the worst case.
StringBuilder buff = new StringBuilder(139 + jsPattern.length() + loc.length());
if (requestMap.get(_PATTERN_WRITTEN_KEY) == null)
requestMap.put(_PATTERN_WRITTEN_KEY, Boolean.TRUE);
// only create the _dfs object if it doesn't exist, so we don't
// wipe out _dfs[xxx] values if we ppr the first date field on a
// page with multiple date fields.
buff.append("if(window['_dfs'] == undefined){var _dfs=new Object();}if(window['_dl'] == undefined){var _dl=new Object();}");
buff.append("_dfs[\"");
buff.append(clientId);
buff.append("\"]=");
buff.append(jsPattern);
buff.append(";");
buff.append("_dl[\"");
buff.append(clientId);
buff.append("\"]=");
buff.append(loc);
buff.append(";");
return buff.toString();
else
LOG.severe("NULLCLINET_ID_NO_SCRIPT_RENDERED");
return null;
else
return null;
else
return null;
private String _getLocaleString(FacesContext context)
Locale dateTimeConverterLocale = getLocale();
if (dateTimeConverterLocale != null)
Locale defaultLocale = RenderingContext.getCurrentInstance().getLocaleContext().getFormattingLocale();
if (!(dateTimeConverterLocale.equals(defaultLocale)))
String loc = dateTimeConverterLocale.toString();
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(2 + loc.length());
sb.append("'");
sb.append(loc);
sb.append("'");
return (sb.toString());
return "null";
@Override
@Deprecated
public String getClientConversion(FacesContext context, UIComponent component)
String formatMask = (String) resolveExpression("#{bindings." + component.getId() + ".format}");
if (formatMask != null)
String dataType = (String) resolveExpression("#{bindings." + component.getId() + ".attributeDef.javaType.name}");
if (dataType.equalsIgnoreCase("oracle.jbo.domain.Date") || dataType.equalsIgnoreCase("oracle.jbo.domain.Timestamp"))
String jsPattern = getJSPattern(context, component);
Map<String, String> messages = new HashMap<String, String>();
if (jsPattern != null)
Class<?> formatclass = formatMask.getClass();
System.out.println("FormatClass::" + formatclass);
System.out.println(" Format Mask : " + formatMask);
// SimpleDateFormat sdfDestination = new SimpleDateFormat(formatMask);
String pattern = formatMask; //getPattern();
if (pattern == null)
pattern = getSecondaryPattern();
String key = getViolationMessageKey(pattern);
Object[] params = new Object[]
{ "{0}", "{1}", "{2}" };
Object msgPattern = getMessagePattern(context, key, params, component);
//if hintFormat is null, no custom hint for date, time or both has been specified
String hintFormat = _getHint();
FacesMessage msg = null;
String detailMessage = null;
if (msgPattern != null)
msg = MessageFactory.getMessage(context, key, msgPattern, params, component);
detailMessage = XhtmlLafUtils.escapeJS(msg.getDetail());
Locale loc = context.getViewRoot().getLocale();
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, loc);
java.lang.Object obj = resolveExpression("#{bindings." + component.getId() + ".attributeValue}");
String databaseDate=null;
if(obj!=null)
databaseDate = obj.toString();
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern,loc);
System.out.println("DateComponent input value :::::::::::::::::::::::::"+databaseDate);
Date today;
try {
// System.out.println("Before Conversion::::::::::::"+df.parse(databaseDate).toString());
if(databaseDate!=null)
today = df.parse(databaseDate);
else
today = new Date();
System.out.println("After Conversion Date :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::"+today.toString());
//Date today = new Date();
String dt = formatter.format(today);
String exampleString = dt;
String escapedType = XhtmlLafUtils.escapeJS(getType().toUpperCase());
StringBuilder outBuffer = new StringBuilder();
outBuffer.append("new TrDateTimeConverter(");
outBuffer.append(jsPattern);
// loc = getLocale();
if (loc != null)
outBuffer.append(",'");
outBuffer.append(loc.toString());
outBuffer.append("','");
else
outBuffer.append(",null,'");
outBuffer.append(exampleString);
outBuffer.append("','");
outBuffer.append(escapedType);
outBuffer.append("'");
if (msgPattern != null || hintFormat != null)
messages.put("detail", detailMessage);
messages.put("hint", hintFormat);
outBuffer.append(',');
// try
// JsonUtils.writeMap(outBuffer, messages, false);
// catch (IOException e)
// outBuffer.append("null");
outBuffer.append(')'); // 2
return outBuffer.toString();
catch(ParseException e)
System.out.println("Parse Exception :::::::::::::::::::::"+e);
return null;
else
// no pattern-matchable date
return null;
else
return null;
else
return null;
protected String getJSPattern(FacesContext context, UIComponent component)
String jsPattern = null;
String datePattern = (String) resolveExpression("#{bindings." + component.getId() + ".format}");
if (datePattern != null)
String secondaryPattern = getSecondaryPattern();
if (datePattern != _NO_JS_PATTERN)
int length = datePattern.length() * 2 + 2;
if (secondaryPattern != null)
length = length + 3 + secondaryPattern.length() * 2;
StringBuilder outBuffer = new StringBuilder(length);
jsPattern = _getEscapedPattern(outBuffer, datePattern, secondaryPattern);
else
jsPattern = datePattern;
return jsPattern;
private static void _escapePattern(StringBuilder buffer, String pattern)
buffer.append('\'');
XhtmlUtils.escapeJS(buffer, pattern);
buffer.append('\'');
private static String _getEscapedPattern(StringBuilder buffer, String pattern, String secondaryPattern)
if (secondaryPattern != null)
buffer.append('[');
_escapePattern(buffer, pattern);
if (secondaryPattern != null)
buffer.append(",'");
XhtmlUtils.escapeJS(buffer, secondaryPattern);
buffer.append("']");
return buffer.toString();
private String _getHint()
String type = getType();
if (type.equals("date"))
return getHintDate();
else if (type.equals("both"))
return getHintBoth();
else
return getHintTime();
public static Object resolveExpression(String pExpression)
FacesContext facesContext = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
Application app = facesContext.getApplication();
ExpressionFactory elFactory = app.getExpressionFactory();
ELContext elContext = facesContext.getELContext();
ValueExpression valueExp = null;
valueExp = elFactory.createValueExpression(elContext, pExpression, Object.class);
return valueExp.getValue(elContext);
private static final String _NO_JS_PATTERN = new String();
private static final TrinidadLogger _LOG = TrinidadLogger.createTrinidadLogger(DateTimeConverter.class);
// RenderingContext key indicating the _dateFormat object
// has been created
private static final String _PATTERN_WRITTEN_KEY = "org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.convert.DateTimeConverter._PATTERN_WRITTEN";
*Problem is if any input date componet is displaying other than current date then the date picker is always picking the current date rather existing date*
Please suggest me where to make changes?
Edited by: 858782 on Oct 3, 2011 7:43 AM
Edited by: 858782 on Oct 3, 2011 11:44 PM

I need custom date foramts to be applied for different inputDates which are not defined in <af:convertDateTime>
Thanks
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