TO_DATE function with JPA, Getting Unexpected Token error

I am constructing a search query like this from my JAVA code
SELECT * FROM EMAIL_PROXY_ERROR_LOG WHERE (to_date((REPLACE (DATETIME,'T',':')),'yyyy-mm-dd:hh24:mi:ss') BETWEEN to_date('2008-04-29:11:30:08','yyyy-mm-dd:hh24:mi:ss') AND to_date('2008-04-30:11:30:02','yyyy-mm-dd:hh24:mi:ss'))
I am using Toplink Essentials and I get the following error while running, what would be a possible solution
Exception Description: Syntax error parsing the query [select c FROM EmailProxyErrorLog c WHERE to_date((REPLACE (c.dateTime,'T',':')),'yyyy-mm-dd:hh24:mi:ss') BETWEEN to_date('2008-04-26:11:30:08','yyyy-mm-dd:hh24:mi:ss') AND to_date('2008-04-30:11:30:02','yyyy-mm-dd:hh24:mi:ss')], line 1, column 42: unexpected token [to_date].
Internal Exception: line 1:42: unexpected token: to_date
at oracle.toplink.essentials.exceptions.EJBQLException.unexpectedToken(EJBQLException.java:389)
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.parsing.ejbql.EJBQLParser.handleANTLRException(EJBQLParser.java:350)
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.parsing.ejbql.EJBQLParser.addError(EJBQLParser.java:278)
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.parsing.ejbql.EJBQLParser.reportError(EJBQLParser.java:378)
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.parsing.ejbql.antlr273.EJBQLParser.arithmeticPrimary(EJBQLParser.java:3617)
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.parsing.ejbql.antlr273.EJBQLParser.arithmeticFactor(EJBQLParser.java:3513)
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.parsing.ejbql.antlr273.EJBQLParser.arithmeticTerm(EJBQLParser.java:3407)
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.parsing.ejbql.antlr273.EJBQLParser.simpleArithmeticExpression(EJBQLParser.java:1021)
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.parsing.ejbql.antlr273.EJBQLParser.arithmeticExpression(EJBQLParser.java:2304)
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.parsing.ejbql.antlr273.EJBQLParser.simpleConditionalExpression(EJBQLParser.java:2282)
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.parsing.ejbql.antlr273.EJBQLParser.conditionalPrimary(EJBQLParser.java:2218)
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.parsing.ejbql.antlr273.EJBQLParser.conditionalFactor(EJBQLParser.java:2155)
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.parsing.ejbql.antlr273.EJBQLParser.conditionalTerm(EJBQLParser.java:2030)
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.parsing.ejbql.antlr273.EJBQLParser.conditionalExpression(EJBQLParser.java:1989)
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.parsing.ejbql.antlr273.EJBQLParser.whereClause(EJBQLParser.java:507)
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.parsing.ejbql.antlr273.EJBQLParser.selectStatement(EJBQLParser.java:184)
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.parsing.ejbql.antlr273.EJBQLParser.document(EJBQLParser.java:135)
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.parsing.ejbql.EJBQLParser.parse(EJBQLParser.java:166)
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.parsing.ejbql.EJBQLParser.buildParseTree(EJBQLParser.java:127)
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.ejb.cmp3.base.EJBQueryImpl.buildEJBQLDatabaseQuery(EJBQueryImpl.java:215)
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.ejb.cmp3.base.EJBQueryImpl.buildEJBQLDatabaseQuery(EJBQueryImpl.java:189)
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.ejb.cmp3.base.EJBQueryImpl.buildEJBQLDatabaseQuery(EJBQueryImpl.java:153)
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.ejb.cmp3.base.EJBQueryImpl.<init>(EJBQueryImpl.java:114)
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.ejb.cmp3.base.EJBQueryImpl.<init>(EJBQueryImpl.java:99)
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.ejb.cmp3.EJBQueryImpl.<init>(EJBQueryImpl.java:86)
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.ejb.cmp3.EntityManagerImpl.createQuery(EntityManagerImpl.java:204)
Caused by: line 1:42: unexpected token: to_date
at oracle.toplink.essentials.internal.parsing.ejbql.antlr273.EJBQLParser.arithmeticPrimary(EJBQLParser.java:3611)

Hello,
The JPQL dies not define a to_date function, which is why it will throw an exception when parsing the query string. You will need to use a native query for this if you need to convert database fields to dates for comparison.
Best Regards,
Chris

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// create date object representing current time on client
OracleDate d = new OracleDate(DateTime.Now);
// create parameter object to use for insert
OracleParameter p_date = new OracleParameter();
p_date.OracleDbType = OracleDbType.Date;
p_date.Value = d;
// add parameter for the date
cmd.Parameters.Add(p_date);
// insert the date
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();If you do glue the value into the sql (again, I do not recommend this), you would use the to_date function with a character string representation of the date and the date format string. Something like:
... to_date('12/31/2007', 'MM/DD/YYYY') ...
Also, if you are not familiar with dates in Oracle they also hold the time value as well. Something to keep in mind.
Hope that helps a bit,
Mark

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I have a situation where we have logical sources with the same repository folder that are partitioned. We would like to use the AGO function but are getting the following error:
State: HY000. Code: 10058. [NQODBC] [SQL_STATE: HY000] [nQSError: 10058] A general error has occurred. [nQSError: 22042] AGO function may not be used on '# Applied Invoices' because its source is horizontally partitioned. (HY000)
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I created a user-defined function and registered it successfully in Discoverer Admin (10g), and it shows up in Discoverer Plus. However, when I call the function, I get this error:
"Error in formula -- unexpected end of formula"
If I hard-code in parameters, I can successfully run the function as such from Oracle SQL Developer:
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FROM DUAL;
But I still get the same error if I enter this in the calculation dialog in Discoverer:
PAYLINETOT('2324', '111', to_date('01-Sep-2010'), to_date('31-Oct-2010'))
Any idea what's going on and how to get this to work?

Michael,
I tried your suggestion, and this time I got a different error message that said that the function had not been registered with the EUL. I thought I had registered it, but when I checked, the return data type was wrong. I corrected it, and the function is "valid" in Discoverer Admin. Yet, when I go back to Discoverer Plus and attempt to use the function (and yes, I logged out and logged back in), I get the same error message:
"Error in formula - unexpected end of formula - Error: Function PAYLINETOT has not been registered with the EUL."
Any idea where the disconnect is? Are these two separate errors? How could Discoverer Admin tell me that the function is registered and Discoverer Plus tell me otherwise? And yes, I've made sure that the "Available in Desktop/Plus" checkbox is checked.

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