Select *from - special character in datetime 'slash'

Question

I have table with DateTime colun :
id dateTime
1 12/08/03 11:23:25,563563456345634563456
2 12/08/03 11:23:25,34333333
I select the rows that were created today , for example 2012-08-03
but when use :
select * from TEST_TABLE where DATETIME like '12/08/03'
i dont have any rows - I need replace '/' - slash
how to do it ?
Edited by: user8855885 on 2012-08-03 03:19
Edited by: user8855885 on 2012-08-03 03:20

Answer 1

Hi User,
Welcome to Forum !!!!!!!!
Why you are saving date in character format recommended, not to save date in character formats.
Here it is,
SELECT TO_DATE ('12/08/03 11:23:25', 'YY/MM/DD HH24:MI:SS'),
       TRUNC (TO_DATE ('12/08/03 11:23:25', 'YY/MM/DD HH24:MI:SS'))
  FROM DUAL;
  And,
Query:
SELECT *
  FROM your_table
WHERE TRUNC (datetime) = TRUNC (SYSDATE);Here TRUNC(SYDATE) give today's date. TRUNC function removes the time. So you can get the records created today.
Thanks,
Shankar