P10_STARTDATE Date Picker (YYYY-MM-DD) invalid number

All i have a form that inserts a row into the database one of the fields is defined as
P10_STARTDATE Date Picker (YYYY-MM-DD). This all works and the popup comes up and user selects the date and then inserts the row.
When the user clicks on the id column of the report it takes him to the update page which should load all the data from the database. All i get back is an error that says
ORA-01722: invalid number
If i update the table and set the startdate column to 0 and then click on the id column again to update the record it comes up and i can run the form to update it, why is it saying invalid number

Ben,
Can this be reproduced on htmldb.oracle.com?
What is the data type of the column associated with P10_STARTDATE?
Joel

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At execution time I have the error:
report error:
ORA-01790: expression must have same datatype as corresponding expression
I think it is because i must use to_date and to_char in order to change the datatype and i have tried using:
Default: to_date(to_char(:P68_FECHAREGISTRO,'DD-MON-YYYY'),'DD-MON-YYYY')
and in Default Type: PL/SQL Expression or Function
but I get a different message at execution time:
report error:
ORA-01722: invalid number
Could you explain me what is the problem??
Thanks in advance.
Jairohernan

I don't think you need to do a to_char here
try
to_date(:P68_FECHAREGISTRO,'DD-MON-YYYY')

Date Picker Translate Help

Hi
We've been using jQuery date pickers long before APEX used them as standard so have our own way of implementing them, that being said it shouldn't have any effect on what I'm trying to do.
I have an application (APEX 4.2.1) that is used in a number of different languages. We don't use the APEX date picker and instead display dates as text fields, add a specific class to them and attributes as required. The class is picked up in javascript and the field is converted to a jQuery UI date picker with the attributes controlling certain behaviour (date restrictions etc.) This works fine and the date picker is translated to the different languages without a problem.
Now I have a page in which fields defined by the user are displayed along side APEX fields. To do this I'm using apex_item and generating items on the page based on settings controlled by the user in another part of the application. The APEX items are displayed followed by custom items using apex_item. Again, this works fine and I've used it many times before.
The problem I have is when a user creates a custom field which is a date picker and the date picker is translated.
If the user is viewing the page in Norwegian then for an APEX field the date picker is shown in Norwegian and if they select May 1st then 1-Mai-2013 is returned to the field. The value of this field is 1-Mai-2013 when the page is submitted, but somehow the value is saved in the database correctly and when the database is queried the date is saved as 01-MAY-2013. For a custom field the value is saved in the database as 1-Mai-2013 and when this is then viewed by a user in English the page errors with not a valid month.
My questions are:
- How does APEX save a translated date field? How does 1-Mai-2013 become a proper date? If I try to save this in the database, unsurprisingly I get an invalid month error.
- How can I use apex_item to have a date picker that is translated? apex_item.date_popup can't be used as this doesn't use the jQuery date picker. Perhaps this is a setting in jQuery UI to translate the date back? One solution is to use dd/mm/yyyy format, but I really don't want to do this.
Many thanks for your help. If you need any more info let me know.
Sara

Hi Mike
Thanks for the reply. When I said that it's saved as 01-MAY-2013, I was aware that it wasn't actually saved as this and is stored as a date. My point was that as a user I had entered the text 1-Mai-2013 on the screen and somehow it was changed to a date which when queried in the database was returned correctly as 01-MAY-2013. Showing that somehow it had been translated correctly from Norwegian. Even if I were to save my custom field value in a date column in the database, I would get an error as it would be trying to insert 1-Mai-2013 into a date column which isn't of the correct format. I think the problem can be resolved if I can convert the text in my custom field into a date.
I've been able to find a possible solution, but I'm having problems implementing this.
If I run
select to_date('03-Okt-2013','DD-Mon-YYYY','nls_date_language=NORWEGIAN') from dual;
this returns the correct date in the correct format (03-OCT-2013), which could be saved in my table and the problem would be resolved. I know what language is being used in my APEX session so I've used the following code to my procedure:
          CASE V('FSP_LANGUAGE_PREFERENCE')
          WHEN 'no' THEN v_value := to_date(v_value,'DD-Mon-YYYY','nls_date_language=NORWEGIAN');
          WHEN 'sv' THEN v_value := to_date(v_value,'DD-Mon-YYYY','nls_date_language=SWEDISH');
          WHEN 'pl' THEN v_value := to_date(v_value,'DD-Mon-YYYY','nls_date_language=POLISH');
          ELSE v_value := to_date(v_value,'DD-Mon-YYYY');
          END CASE;
I've tested this through SQL*Plus and it works perfectly. The dates are always converted from Norwegian to English (the default for the database) DD-MON-YYYY.
However, when I run the same code through APEX it doesn't work. The date is still stored as Norwegian. If I enter 10-Mai-2013 in the field that is exactly what is stored in the database. I've even added debug to make sure it's running the right bit of code and it is.
Why would this code work in SQL but not through an APEX session? And is there anything I can do to resolve this?!
Many thanks
Sara

Date Picker not allowing to capture time

Hello Friends,
I am trying to create a tabular form on a table[create SQL as below].
CREATE TABLE "JOB_RUN_DETAILS"
   (     "JOB_NAME" VARCHAR2(100),
     "SCH_RUN_DATE" DATE,
     "START_DATE" DATE,
     "END_DATE" DATE,
     "STATUS" VARCHAR2(100),
     "ID" NUMBER NOT NULL ENABLE
/My idea of the tabular form is to allow entry of time both hours and minutes from the date picker along with date for <b>"START_DATE", "END_DATE" </b> items.
But I dont see a possibility to do that for hours and minutes. But I remember having seen this in Apex 3.2, not sure if I missed some thing while page making or this feature of Date Picker is left intentionally in the new release.
Please share any ideas you have.
Thanks,
Chaitu.

My understanding is you are trying to create a Tabular form using the Table which you specified, you are expecting time part to be displayed in the Date Picker column ?.
The Time part of hours and Minutes will be displayed based on the format mask used for the Application or the item. if the format mask is DD-MM-YYYY HH24:MI then you will see the hour and minute part with the Date Picker.

Looking for a "free" Date Picker

I'm looking for a free to download and use Date Picker that I can integrate into a small Swing app. Nothing fancy, just a calendar (probably using a JTable) and the ability to select a day of year/month and (possibly) a time of day.
I'm searching google but they're all commercial licenses and I'm simply building this app as a learning process, not for profit.
If there's nothing out there, I'll just stick with my series of combo-boxes :)
Cheers,
Chris

Oh yeah, I should point out that I'm not just being lazy. I've spent a while trying to build it myself to no avail. I got as far as displaying the grid :P
http://www.w3style.co.uk/~d11wtq/datepicker.png (out of date, the days are correct now)
package org.w3style.calendar;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class CalendarPanel extends JPanel
     protected CalendarEventController controller = null;
     public CalendarModel model = null;
     //JComponents
     protected JComboBox monthDropdown = null;
     protected JSpinner yearDropdown = null;
     protected JTable grid = null;
     public CalendarPanel(String title)
          super(new GridBagLayout());
          this.model = new CalendarModel();
          this.controller = new CalendarEventController();
          this.controller.setUI(this);
          this.controller.setModel(this.model);
          this.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(title));
          GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
          c.gridx = 0;
          c.gridy = 0;
          c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
          c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.WEST;
          this.addMonths(c);
          c.gridx = 1;
          c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.EAST;
          c.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
          this.addYears(c);
          c.gridx = 0;
          c.gridy = 1;
          c.gridwidth = 2;
          this.addTable(c);
     protected void addMonths(GridBagConstraints c)
          String[] months = this.model.getMonths();
          if (this.monthDropdown == null)
               this.monthDropdown = new JComboBox(months);
          int monthNow = this.model.getCurrentMonth();
          this.monthDropdown.setSelectedIndex(monthNow);
          this.model.setSelectedMonth(monthNow);
          this.controller.addMonthDropdown(this.monthDropdown);
          this.add(this.monthDropdown, c);
     public JComboBox getMonthDropdown()
          return this.monthDropdown;
     protected void addYears(GridBagConstraints c)
          this.yearDropdown = new JSpinner(this.model.getYearSpinnerModel());
          this.yearDropdown.setEditor(new JSpinner.DateEditor(this.yearDropdown, "yyyy"));
          this.add(this.yearDropdown, c);
     protected void addTable(GridBagConstraints c)
          JPanel box = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
          GridBagConstraints myC = new GridBagConstraints();
          myC.gridx = 0;
          myC.gridy = 0;
          this.grid = new JTable(this.model.getTableModel());
          this.configureTable();
          box.add(this.grid.getTableHeader(), myC);
          myC.gridy = 1;
          box.add(this.grid, myC);
          this.add(box, c);
     public void configureTable()
          this.grid.setDragEnabled(false);
          this.grid.getTableHeader().setReorderingAllowed(false);
          this.grid.getTableHeader().setResizingAllowed(false);
          CalendarCellRenderer renderer = new CalendarCellRenderer();
          renderer.setParentUI(this);
          TableColumn col = null;
          for (int i = 0; i < 7; i++)
               col = this.grid.getColumnModel().getColumn(i);
               col.setPreferredWidth(25);
               col.setCellRenderer(renderer);
          this.grid.setSelectionBackground(new Color((float)0.7, (float)0.86, (float)1.0));
          this.grid.setSelectionForeground(Color.black);
          this.grid.setShowGrid(false);
          this.grid.setRowHeight(20);
          if (this.model.getSelectedMonth() == this.monthDropdown.getSelectedIndex())
               int r = this.model.getSelectedGridRow();
               this.grid.setRowSelectionInterval(r, r);
               int c = this.model.getSelectedGridColumn();
               this.grid.setColumnSelectionInterval(c, c);
     public JTable getGrid()
          return this.grid;
* Manages the rendering of the cells in the calendar
package org.w3style.calendar;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
* This is just a basic extension of the DefaultTableCellRender from the current L&F
public class CalendarCellRenderer extends DefaultTableCellRenderer
      * The current row being rendered
     protected int row;
      * The current column being rendered
     protected int col;
      * If this cell is part of the "selected" row
     protected boolean isSelected;
      * The table being rendered
     protected JTable tbl;
     protected CalendarPanel parentUI = null;
     public void setParentUI(CalendarPanel p)
          this.parentUI = p;
      * Fetch the component which renders the cell ordinarily
      * @param JTable The current JTable the cell is in
      * @param Object The value in the cell
      * @param boolean If the cell is in the selected row
      * @param boolean If the cell is in focus
      * @param int The row number of the cell
      * @param int The column number of the cell
      * @return Component
     public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable tbl, Object v, boolean isSelected, boolean isFocused, int row, int col)
          //Store this info for later use
          this.tbl = tbl;
          this.row = row;
          this.col = col;
          this.isSelected = isSelected;
          //and then allow the usual component to be returned
          return super.getTableCellRendererComponent(tbl, v, isSelected, isFocused, row, col);
      * Set the contents of the cell to v
      * @param Object The value to apply to the cell
     protected void setValue(Object v)
          super.setValue(v); //Set the value as requested
          //Set colors dependant upon if the row is selected or not
          if (!this.isSelected) this.setBackground(new Color((float)0.87, (float)0.91, (float)1.0));
          else this.setBackground(new Color((float)0.75, (float)0.78, (float)0.85));
          //Set a special highlight color if this actual cell is focused
          if (this.row == this.tbl.getSelectedRow() && this.col == this.tbl.getSelectedColumn())
               this.setBackground(new Color((float)0.5, (float)0.80, (float)0.6));
               this.parentUI.model.setSelectedMonth(this.parentUI.getMonthDropdown().getSelectedIndex());
               this.parentUI.model.setSelectedGridRow(this.row);
               this.parentUI.model.setSelectedGridColumn(this.col);
package org.w3style.calendar;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
import java.util.Date;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
import javax.swing.*;
public class CalendarModel
     protected GregorianCalendar calendar = null;
     protected Integer selectedMonth = null;
     protected Integer selectedYear = null;
     protected Integer selectedGridRow = null;
     protected Integer selectedGridColumn = null;
     String[][] days = null;
     public CalendarModel()
          this.days = new String[6][7];
          this.calendar = new GregorianCalendar();
     public GregorianCalendar getCalendar()
          return this.calendar;
     public String[] getMonths()
          String[] months = {
               "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June",
               "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December" };
          return months;
     public int getDaysInMonth()
          int[] daysInMonths = { 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31 };
          int month = this.calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH);
          int ret = daysInMonths[month];
          if (month == 1 && this.calendar.isLeapYear(this.calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR))) ret += 1;
          return ret;
     public String[] getDayHeadings()
          String[] headings = { "S", "M", "T", "W", "T", "F", "S" };
          return headings;
     public DefaultTableModel getTableModel()
          String[] headings = this.getDayHeadings();
          Object[][] data = this.getDays();
          DefaultTableModel model = new DefaultTableModel(data, headings) {
               public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int col)
                    return false;
          return model;
     public SpinnerDateModel getYearSpinnerModel()
          Date now = this.calendar.getTime();
          int year = this.calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR);
          this.calendar.add(Calendar.YEAR, -1000);
          Date earliest = this.calendar.getTime();
          this.calendar.add(Calendar.YEAR, 2000);
          Date latest = this.calendar.getTime();
          this.calendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, year);
          SpinnerDateModel model = new SpinnerDateModel(now, earliest, latest, Calendar.YEAR);
          return model;
     public void setSelectedGridRow(int r)
          this.selectedGridRow = r;
     public Integer getSelectedGridRow()
          return this.selectedGridRow;
     public void setSelectedGridColumn(int c)
          this.selectedGridColumn = c;
     public Integer getSelectedGridColumn()
          return this.selectedGridColumn;
     public int getSelectedMonth()
          return this.selectedMonth;
     public void setSelectedMonth(int m)
          this.selectedMonth = m;
     public String[][] getDays()
          int currDay = this.calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
          this.calendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
          int firstDayOfMonthAsDayOfWeek = this.calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);
          this.calendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, currDay);
          int daysInMonth = this.getDaysInMonth();
          int row = 0;
          int key = 0;
          int dayToAdd = 0;
          for (int k = 1; k <= 42; k++)
               if (k < firstDayOfMonthAsDayOfWeek || dayToAdd >= daysInMonth) this.days[row][key] = "";
               else
                    dayToAdd++;
                    this.days[row][key] = ""+dayToAdd;
                    //Hack?
                    if (dayToAdd == currDay && this.getSelectedGridRow() == null && this.getSelectedGridColumn() == null)
                         this.setSelectedGridRow(row);
                         this.setSelectedGridColumn(key);
               key++;
               if (key == 7)
                    key = 0;
                    row++;
          return this.days;
     public int getCurrentMonth()
          int currentMonth = this.calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH);
          return currentMonth;
     public void setYear(int year)
     public void setMonth(int month)
package org.w3style.calendar;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
public class CalendarEventController
     protected CalendarPanel ui = null;
     protected CalendarModel model = null;
     public CalendarEventController()
     public void setUI(CalendarPanel cal)
          this.ui = cal;
     public void setModel(CalendarModel m)
          this.model = m;
     public void addMonthDropdown(JComboBox months)
          months.addItemListener(new ItemListener() {
               public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e)
                    if (e.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED)
                         int monthSelected = ui.monthDropdown.getSelectedIndex();
                         model.getCalendar().set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
                         model.getCalendar().set(Calendar.MONTH, monthSelected);
                         //update days in table model, update ui
                         ui.getGrid().setModel(model.getTableModel());
                         ui.configureTable();
                         ui.getGrid().updateUI();
}I could have finished it but it was just going to be a buggy mess.

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