To_date function now fails

I have a package that ran successfully for years. This morning it fails with a ORA-01858: a non-numeric character was found where a numeric was expected.
It fails on the to_date function ie to_date(SYSDATE,'RRRRMMDD').
Why is it failing now and did not fail previously?

Kiran wrote:
then you have to write as to_Date(to_char('21/02/2012','RRRRMMDD'),'RRRRMMDD')NO!
just as sysdate is already a date and is not passed to to_date, the above is already a character string and is not passed to to_char.
And your format mask is wrong. '21/02/2012' is not in the format '21/02/2012'
It should be to_date(''21/02/2012','dd/mm/yyyy').

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Hi Sinha,
Thanks for your reply.
I used the syntax
<xsl:call-template name="date:format-date">
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Hello All,
I'm having an issue using the to_date function that has me quite perplexed.
I have two varchar2 fields, one with a date value in the format Mon, DD YYYY, the other has a time value in the format HH:MI PM.
When I run my query one of the columns I retrieve looks like this TO_DATE (d4.adate || e4.atime, 'Mon DD, YYYYHH:MI PM'). The two fields are concatenated together and converted to a date. This works fine.
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er

Hello,
Check this out. It does work. Do cut n paste sample
data from your tables.
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Name Null? Type
ID NUMBER
DDATE VARCHAR2(20)
DTIME VARCHAR2(20)
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ID DDATE DTIME
1 Jan, 10 2006 12:32 PM
2 Mar, 11 2005 07:10 AM
3 Apr, 13 2006 03:12 AM
4 Nov, 15 2003 11:22 PM
5 Dec, 20 2005 09:12 AM
6 Oct, 30 2006 10:00 AM
7 Jan, 10 2006 12:32 PM
8 Apr, 11 2005 07:10 AM
9 May, 13 2006 03:12 AM
10 Sep, 15 2003 11:22 PM
11 Oct, 20 2005 09:12 AM
12 Dec, 30 2006 10:00 AM
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2 to_date(ddate||dtime,'Mon, DD YYYYHH:MI PM') AA,
A,
3 to_char(to_date(ddate||dtime,'Mon, DD YYYYHH:MI
MI PM'),'Mon, DD YYYYHH:MI PM') BB
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3 Apr, 13 2006 03:12 AM
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5 Dec, 20 2005 09:12 AM
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6 Oct, 30 2006 10:00 AM
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8 Apr, 11 2005 07:10 AM
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9 May, 13 2006 03:12 AM
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') <= trunc(sysdate);
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10 Sep, 15 2003 11:22 PM
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11 Oct, 20 2005 09:12 AM
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2 from test
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4 and to_date(ddate||dtime,'Mon, DD YYYYHH:MI PM')
') <= sysdate;
ID DDATE DTIME
DTIME TO_DATE(D
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Dear All,
I need Output of the following query in the 'JANUARY' or 'JAN' i.e. 'MONTH' or 'MON' format. But following query is returning full date. Could any person help to get me output in MONTH or MON format but SQL should be using TO_DATE function.
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http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/sql_elements001.htm#sthref116
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http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/functions180.htm#i1009324
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/functions183.htm#i1003589
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/functions201.htm#i79761
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I would firstly advise to use bind variables (aka parameters) rather than "gluing" values into the statement. Here's a link to an older article I did for Oracle Magazine that discusses bind variables:
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Hope that helps a bit,
Mark

Info on TO_DATE function

After seeing many questions on TO_DATE function,I think it will be better to post
this useful information on to_date function.please correct me if i am wrong
anywhere in the post.
TO_DATE :
SYNTAX:TO_DATE(i/pstring[,i/pstringfmt[,nlsparam]])Note:Apart from third party tools which have their own default settings,the output of to_date is in the format specified by NLS_DATE_FORMAT parameter in NLS_DATABASE_PARAMETERS view.
Note: The format that we are specifying in to_date function is the format of the i/p string
and not the format of the o/p date.
Ex:
SQL> select to_date('12-JAN-2008','DD-MON-YYYY') from dual;
TO_DATE('
12-JAN-08
SQL> select to_date('12-01-2008','DD-MM-YYYY') from dual;
TO_DATE('
12-JAN-08
SQL> select to_date('12/01/2008','DD/MM/YYYY') from dual;
TO_DATE('
01-DEC-08Q) So, for to_date we have to give the format of i/p string. But in some cases, even if i give a format other than the format of i/p string, I am getting the o/p.
Ex1. SELECT to_date('01.JAN.2008','DD-MON-YYYY') from dual;
Ex2. SELECT to_date('01/JAN/2008','DD-MON-YYYY') from dual;
Ex3. SELECT to_date('01-JAN-2008','DD-MM-YYYY') from dual;
Ex4. SELECT to_date('01-JANUARY-2008','DD-MM-YYYY') from dual;A)The answer for 1 and 2 is, Oracle will not match separators(./-) in the string and format mask.
It only matches corresponding values. space can be a separators in the format mask.
Ex:select to_date('2008-01-01','YYYY MM DD') from dualIn case if the i/p string does not match with the format mask, Oracle substitutes the format mask element with its alternatives and even after this, if it cannot convert the i/p string to the given format mask, then it throws an error.
Alternate Format masks Table:
Format Mask Alternate Format Mask
Element       allowed in i/p String
MM       MON,MONTH
MON     MONTH
MONTH MON
YY       YYYY
RR        RRRR
RR         RRIn Ex3 and Ex4, we have MM in the format mask and MON (JAN), MONTH (JANUARY) in i/p string.
According to the above table, Oracle makes an implicit substitution of alternate format mask MON or MONTH
and hence it does not give an error. But this statement SELECT TO_DATE (’01-01-2008’,’DD-MON-YYYY’)
FROM DUAL will always error out because according to the above given table, if you have ‘MON’ in the format mask, then only MON (JAN) or MONTH (JANUARY) is allowed in the i/p string.
Q) Since format mask is optional, if i do not give any format mask, then How Oracle will convert the given string to a date?
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Ex: Assume that the default date format is ‘DD-MON-RR’.
Now if you execute a statement like, SELECT to_date(’01-01-2009’) from dual, it will error out since it is not in the default format and also not convertable by implicit substitution according to the implicit substitution table.
Q)If i have time fields in the format mask and if i did not give them in the i/p string like select to_date('10-JAN-2008','DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS') from dual ,will it error out?
A)You can omit the time fields in the i/p string, beause if nothing is provided then Oracle will implicitly take time as 00:00:00 and hence it will not give an error.
Q)If i give some thing like select to_date('2008-05-01','DD-MM-YYYY') from dual, it errors out but if i give select to_date('2008-05','DD-MM-YYYY') from dual, then there is no problem. what is the reason for it?
A)On seeing the format mask DD-MM-YYYY, it takes first 2 digits (20) as DD ,the next 2 digits(08) as month, the next 2 digits for year(05).After coming this far, still there is some portion(01) of the string that is not matched and hence it throws an error and once we remove ‘01’ as given in the question, it works absolutely fine.
Edited by: Sreekanth Munagala on Feb 25, 2009 3:45 AM

I think what Boneist is saying, and I agree, is that the answer to the first Q is misleading.
Sreekanth Munagala wrote:
Q)Some people have a misconception that a statement like to_date('01-01-2008','DD-MM-YYYY') will always convert the string '01-01-2008' into a date with the given format 'DD-MM-YYYY'.
A)It might or might not .It all depends on value of NLS_DATE_FORMAT parameter in NLS_DATABASE_PARAMETERS view.Well,if the value of the parameter is 'DD-MM-YYYY'
then the answer is 'YES' else the answer is 'NO'.The Answer should simply be "It won't". with the reason being that "the DATE datatype does not have a display format, only an internal format which is consistent regardless of how you want to display it. The format specified in the TO_DATE function relates to the format of the input string; how the date returned from that function is _displayed_ is completely independant of, and unrelated to, the TO_DATE function."

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3 /
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Hi Gurus,
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Column Name     ID     Pk     Null?     Data Type     Default     Histogram     Encryption Alg     Salt
MINISTRY_CODE     1          Y     VARCHAR2 (15 Byte)          Yes
BILL_MONTH     2          Y     DATE          Yes
CUBIC     3          Y     NUMBER          Yes
GALLONS     4          Y     NUMBER          Yes
AMOUNTS     5          Y     NUMBER          Yes
MTR_TYPE     6          Y     CHAR (1 Byte)          Yes          1st query:
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'G','Billed Gallons',
'A','Billed OMR',
'R','Collected',
'U','Total Unpaid Bills') mtr_type,
SUM(CASE
WHEN mtr_type NOT IN ('C','G','A','R','U') THEN 0 WHEN to_char(bill_month,'MMYYYY') = '012011' AND mtr_type = 'C' THEN cubic
WHEN mtr_type NOT IN ('C','G','A','R','U') THEN 0 WHEN to_char(bill_month,'MMYYYY') = '012011' AND mtr_type = 'G' THEN (gallons)
WHEN mtr_type NOT IN ('C','G','A','R','U') THEN 0 WHEN to_char(bill_month,'MMYYYY') = '012011' AND mtr_type = 'A' THEN amounts
WHEN mtr_type NOT IN ('C','G','A','R','U') THEN 0 WHEN to_char(bill_month,'MMYYYY') = '022011' AND mtr_type = 'R' THEN amounts
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001 Billed Cubic 24210.2363636364
001 Total Unpaid Bills 16402.5
001 Billed OMR 13287.36
001 Collected 10410.508
002 Total Unpaid Bills 12089.99
002 Billed Cubic 0
002 Billed OMR 0
002 Billed Gallons 0
002 Collected 0
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'A','Billed OMR',
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001 Billed Cubic 0
001 Billed Gallons 0
001 Collected 0
002 Total Unpaid Bills 42023.243
002 Collected 0
002 Billed Gallons 0
002 Billed Cubic 0
002 Billed OMR 0
003 Total Unpaid Bills 133260.435

What is the sense of to_date(bill_month) in the second query?
bill_month is already a date. to_date function will expect a character parameter and convert it in a date value.
So what will happen? First the bill_month will be implicitely converted to a character value.
Second this character value will be converted back to a date. You gave no format string. So both conversions will be made will your setting of nls_date_format.
I can only guess what you really want. Perhaps you want to trunc the bill_month with trunc(bill_month,'MM').
Please give us
- table create script
- insert statements for test data
- required output for these test data
- description of your requirements
Edited by: hm on 22.11.2012 23:16

Equivalent of to_date function in Ms SQL and using it in Evaluate function

Hi,
I am trying to find out a function in MS SQL which is equivalent to to_date function in oracle. Please find below the advanced filter i am trying to use in OBIEE.
Evaluate('to_date(%1,%2)' as date ,SUBSTRING(TIMES.CALENDAR_MONTH_NAME FROM 1 FOR 3)||'-'||cast(TIMES.CALENDAR_YEAR as char(4)),'MON-YYYY')>=Evaluate('to_date(%1,%2)' as date,'@{pv_mth}'||'@{pv_yr}','MON-YYYY') and Evaluate('to_date(%1,%2)' as date ,SUBSTRING(TIMES.CALENDAR_MONTH_NAME FROM 1 FOR 3)||'-'||cast(TIMES.CALENDAR_YEAR as char(4)),'MON-YYYY') <=timestampadd(sql_tsi_month,4,Evaluate('to_date(%1,%2)' as date,'@{pv_mth}'||'@{pv_yr}','MON-YYYY'))
The statement above works fines with oracle DB with to_date function. The same statement throws an error with MS SQL since to_date is not a built in function.
With MS SQL I tried with CAST, not sure how to pass parameters %1 and %2.
Please help me how to use Evaluate function and passing parameters along with to_date funtion in MS SQL.
Regards!
RR

Hi,
please refer to this thread for useful information on using to_char and to_date functions of oracle in MS SQL server:
http://database.ittoolbox.com/groups/technical-functional/sql-server-l/how-to-write-to-to_char-and-to_date-sql-server-351831
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
-Amith.

TO_DATE Function Is not working

Hi Friends,
select * from view_date where to_date(my_date) between '01-dec-06' and '31-dec-06';
This query is not responding...
I have the the date field in character in the view so i need to convert it to date ,so that iam using to_date function and its not responding.
Without using to_date iam getting the results but not the exact results,it includes all the record sets.
Help me in this

TO_DATE converts a string to a date. TO_CHAR converts a date to a string. What is my_date?
Edit: Just realised you said "my_date" is a string.
Try
select * from view_date
where   TO_DATE(my_date,'???')
        between TO_DATE('01-dec-2006','dd-mon-yyyy') and TO_DATE('31-dec-2006','dd-mon-yyyy');or if you are dealing with literals you can use the more compact ANSI format:
select * from view_date
where   TO_DATE(my_date,'???') between DATE '2006-12-01' and DATE '2006-12-31';Avoid 2-digit years. You have no idea the problems that caused a few years back.
Message was edited by:
William Robertson
Oops, typed stuff the wrong way around, need coffee...

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