Select year from date

Question

help me..urgent..
how set query to select year from date by using expression where.
ex: select sum(salary)
from table
where year(date)=2007
group by name;
just something like that..help me.plezz..

Answer 1

select *
  from (
         select 1 as rn, to_date('09052007','ddmmyyyy') as dt from dual union all
         select 1 as rn, to_date('09052006','ddmmyyyy') as dt from dual
where to_char(dt,'yyyy') = '2007'; or
select *
  from (
         select 1 as rn, to_date('09052007','ddmmyyyy') as dt from dual union all
         select 1 as rn, to_date('09052006','ddmmyyyy') as dt from dual
where extract(year from dt) = 2007;