Query output based on date - Oracle 8i

Question

I am trying to write a very simple query to output data based
on date ranges, but I keep encountering an error.
When I do this statement:
select * from my.table
where startdate > '2008-01-01'
I get this error:
[ODBC][Ora]ORA-01861: literal does not match format string
When I format the select statement this way:
select * from my.table
where startdate > #2008-01-01#
i get this error:
[ODBC][Ora]ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected DATE
got NUMBER
Currently using CF8, and what I believe is Oracle 8i. I have
tried formatting this data in many other ways, but can't get it to
work. I know that when I query the database via access, it has no
problem returning results with the SQL date formatted like
#01/01/2008#

Answer 1

You can use the Oracle to_date() function to convert your
string to a date/time object:
select * from my.table
where startdate > to_date('2008-01-01', 'YYYY-MM-DD')
Or, since you are using an ODBC connection to Oracle, you can
try using the ColdFusion CreateODBCDate() function:
select * from my.table
where startdate > #CreateODBCDate("2008-01-01")#
Or, as already suggested, use cfqueryparam with the
appropriate CFSQLType, such as
CF_SQL_TIMESTAMP instead of CF_SQL_INTEGER like you are
attempting to do.
You can't use a "string" date value against a date/time
column in an Oracle query, as it won't perform an implicit type
conversion.
Phil