How can I use a date/time from a cursor and insert it into a table later?

Question

I have a cursor which retrieves data from a table which includes a date column, which has date and time.
I want to insert this value into a table which has another date column but when I do, it is dropping off the time data and putting in 00:00:00.
I am using execute immediate and trapped the SQL I am executing:
insert into ifsapp.GSCDB_TRANS_DTL_TAB values (
'GSCDB_COMPANY',to_date('01-DEC-06',3,0 )
and so you can see the date has no time.
The plsql is:
v_sql := 'insert into ifsapp.GSCDB_TRANS_DTL_TAB values ( '''||r_gscdbio.name||''','''||r_gscdbio.last_exec_time||''','||v_count||',0 )';
Any help appreciated, I feel I need to use to_date and/or to_char but my head is spinning!
Thank you

Answer 1

Why are you using EXECUTE IMMEDIATE for this? And why are you not using bind variables? It'll be much easier (and more efficeint, easier to debug, etc) to just have static SQL
INSERT INTO table_name
  VALUES( r_gscdbio.name, r_gscdbio.last_exec_time, v_count, 0 );Additionally, you'll want to explicitly specify the column list for your INSERT statement. Otherwise, if you add another column to the table, your code will break.
Justin