ORA-20001: Unable to bind :MI verify length of item is 30 bytes or less.

Question

Hi,
I am trying to build a dynamic SQL statement with a date format including HH:MI
and get the following error:
1 error has occurred
Function returning SQL query: Query cannot be parsed within the Builder. If you believe your query is syntactically correct, check the generic columns checkbox below the region source to proceed without parsing.
(ORA-20001: Unable to bind :MI verify length of item is 30 bytes or less. Use v() syntax to reference items longer than 30 bytes. ORA-01006: bind variable does not exist)
Code:
if v('P46_DATE_SEARCH1') IS NOT NULL
then
w:=w ||' AND (to_date(I.DATE_BILLED,'''DD-MON-YY HH:MI''')'||
' BETWEEN trunc(to_date('''||
          v('P46_DATE_SEARCH1')||''')) AND trunc(to_date('''||
          v('P46_DATE_SEARCH2')||''')) )';
--          :P46_DATE_SEARCH1||''')) AND trunc(to_date('''||
--          :P46_DATE_SEARCH2||''')) )';
end if;
Any help would be appreciated...
Bill

Answer 1

Try
if v('P46_DATE_SEARCH1') IS NOT NULL
then
w := w || q'!AND (to_date(I.DATE_BILLED,'DD-MON-YY HH!'||':'||q'!MI')
             BETWEEN trunc(to_date(
             v('P46_DATE_SEARCH1'))) AND trunc(to_date(
             v('P46_DATE_SEARCH2'))))!';
-- :P46_DATE_SEARCH1||''')) AND trunc(to_date('''||
-- :P46_DATE_SEARCH2||''')) )';
end if;ops, Scott was faster than I. :C)
Message was edited by:
Felipe Bertaglia