DD/MM/YYYY format

Question

Hi i'm getting the following error for my procedure. Here both EFFECTIVE_DATE_DT and PERIOD_TO are in the
format of DD/MM/YYYY. Please help me.
ORA-00904: "JUL": invalid identifier
ORA-06512: at "RTMAST.SPR_CONT_TEST", line 33
ORA-06512: at line 11
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE SPR_CONT_TEST(P_PAY_PERIOD IN VARCHAR2,P_COMP_CODE IN VARCHAR2, P_UNIT_CODE IN VARCHAR2) IS
TYPE REF_CUR IS REF CURSOR;
R_CONTDET REF_CUR;
STMT_STR VARCHAR2(100);
P_SCHEMANAME VARCHAR2(20);
STMT_PFTYPE VARCHAR2(100);
STMT_EMP VARCHAR2(1000);
PERIOD_TO VARCHAR2(15);
EMPID_CONT VARCHAR2(100);
BEGIN
SELECT SCHEMA_NAME_C INTO P_SCHEMANAME FROM ILPS.GLTB_COM_MASTER,MAST_COMPANY_M
WHERE MAST_COMP_CODE=P_COMP_CODE
AND MAST_COMPANY_M.MAST_COMP_COMPANY_CODE=GLTB_COM_MASTER.COMPANY_CODE_N;
STMT_STR:= 'SELECT DISTINCT PERIOD_TO_DT FROM '||P_SCHEMANAME||'.PRTB_PAY_PERIODS WHERE PAY_PERIOD_CODE_C='||P_PAY_PERIOD;
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE STMT_STR INTO PERIOD_TO;
STMT_EMP := ' SELECT DISTINCT EMP_ID_C FROM '||P_SCHEMANAME||'.HRTB_EMP_JOBDETAILS A WHERE CURRENT_PERIOD_C ='||
P_PAY_PERIOD || ' AND EFFECTIVE_DATE_DT <= '|| PERIOD_TO ||
' AND LATEST_FLAG_N IN (SELECT MAX(LATEST_FLAG_N) FROM '||
P_SCHEMANAME||'.HRTB_EMP_JOBDETAILS B WHERE A.EMP_ID_C=B.EMP_ID_C)';
OPEN R_CONTDET FOR STMT_EMP;
LOOP
FETCH R_CONTDET INTO EMPID_CONT;
EXIT WHEN R_CONTDET%NOTFOUND;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(EMPID_CONT);
END LOOP;
END;
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Answer 1

Hi,
DECLARE
        v_str VARCHAR2(200);
        v_date DATE;
BEGIN
        v_str :='SELECT sysdate FROM dual WHERE TRUNC(sysdate) = ';
        v_str := v_str  || 'TO_DATE('||'''' ||'30-AUG-06'||''''||','||''''||'DD-MON-YY'||''''||')';
        EXECUTE IMMEDIATE v_str INTO v_date;
        dbms_output.put_line(v_date);
EXCEPTION
        WHEN others THEN
                dbms_output.put_line(SQLERRM);
END;
SQL>@abc.sql
30-AUG-06
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
So replace EFFECTIVE_DATE_DT with
'TO_DATE( EFFECTIVE_DATE_DT ,' ||''''||'DD/MM/YYYY'||''''||')'Regards