How to pass date parameter in URL in system date format

Question

Hi All,
I am working on a requirement where I need to pass the date parameter in URL. Where date format needs to be system default date format. How can we format date without providing specific date format.
Also, I got some post which had below example. Can you let me know what this format does.
'/analysis/report?queryGroupName=Custom-ProjectInfo&TimePeriodBeginning=', <%+%> FCI_CHARFMT(TIME_PERIOD_START_DATE),' <%+%>
'&TimePeriodBeginning_format=17&link_crumb=true'
Waiting for response.
Thanks,
Saloni

Answer 1

Hi,
If you're running this in SQL*Plus, you can use substitution variables.
If you have a file called my_query.sql, like this
select    A.agent_no,
          (a.first_name || A.agent_name)     as agent_Name,
          P.Policy_No,
          D.Driver_No,
          D.mvr_predict_score,
       D.mvr_received
from        policy  P,
       agent   A,
       Driver  D
where       D.request_mvr_hit   = 'M'
AND       D.mvr_predict_Score > 540
And       D.request_mvr          = 'D'
AND        p.fullkey           = d.fullkey
AND       p.agent_no          = a.agent_no
AND       d.mvr_received     >= TO_DATE ('&1', 'DD-Mon-YYYY')          -- New
AND       d.mvr_received     <  TO_DATE ('&2', 'DD-Mon-YYYY') + 1     -- New
order by  a.agent_no,
             CASE  a.producer_type
           when  'S'  then 1
           when  'C'  then 2
           when  'R'  then 3
       end
;Then you can run it from SQL*Plus by saying something like:
@my_query  1-Jan-2009  31-Dec-2009&1 in the script will be replace by the 1st argument (1-Jan-2009) and &2 will be replaced by the 2nd argument (31-Dec-2009).
Notice that the last condition adds 1 to the argument
AND       d.mvr_received     <  TO_DATE ('&2', 'DD-Mon-YYYY') + 1     -- Newbut uses the < operator (not <=). The result is that if mvr_received is any time on the last day (e.g. 31-Dec-2009 11:59 pm) will be included.