ORA-01830Date format picture end before converting entire input string

Question

Hi Guys,
we have two db env one is dev and one is qa.Both the envs are running on same data base version and in both the envs the nls_date_format parameter are same and they are 'DD-MON-YY' format only.But when I am executing the same following sequel statement my dev env is fetching proper data without any issues but my qa env is erroring out with the mentioned error.
I am enclosing the sequel I am using
SELECT TPTRJO1.JOURNAL_ENTRY_ID
FROM TRANSACTION_JOURNAL TPTRJO1,
JOURNAL_CASH_DRAWER TPJCD1
WHERE (TPJCD1.CASH_DRAWER_ID = 5010639.0)
AND (TPJCD1.DRAWER_SEQ = 5.0)
AND (TPJCD1.CASH_DRAWER_DATE = TO_DATE('2011-09-13 00:00:00','yyyy-MM-dd'))
AND (TPTRJO1.JOURNAL_ENTRY_ID = TPJCD1.JOURNAL_ENTRY_ID)
AND (TPTRJO1.TRANSACTION_ID = 595.0)
However as per the logic it should error out in both the envs due to the date format and the actual data used in the input.
What could be the possible difference in between the tow db envs?
Please share your thoughts.
Any suggestions are highly appreciated.
Thank you and expecting an early response

Answer 1

I guess you have different data in your dev environment.
If there is no record with TPJCD1.CASH_DRAWER_ID = 5010639.0,
the expression "TO_DATE('2011-09-13 00:00:00','yyyy-MM-dd')"
will never be evaluated.
Here is my test case where "1 = 0" prevents the date from being evaluated:SQL>SELECT *
  2    FROM all_objects
  3   WHERE created > TO_DATE('2011-09-13 00:00:00', 'yyyy-MM-dd');
WHERE created > TO_DATE('2011-09-13 00:00:00', 'yyyy-MM-dd')
ERROR at line 3:
ORA-01830: date format picture ends before converting entire input string
SQL>
SQL>SELECT *
  2    FROM all_objects
  3   WHERE 1 = 0 AND created > TO_DATE('2011-09-13 00:00:00', 'yyyy-MM-dd');
no rows selectedUrs