URGENT - Offset from GMT in Oracle

Everybody,
I am looking for getting offset (time difference from GMT) for local time zone using an SQL statement. Our server is set to GMT and using SQL, I should be getting local time and offset based on GMT on server. I know NEW_TIME function in oracle can be used to switch time zones. But not sure of how to get the offset. Any help greatly appreciated.
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Hi,
CLOB is the datatype that you need to use.
You should download the Oracle Migration Workbench (http://technet.oracle.com/tech/migration). It will generate BCP and SQL Loader scripts for you.
It will also perform migration of all schema objects e.g. stored procedures , triggers and views etc
Regards
John

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=======================
= Via Oracle SqlDeveloper 1.5.3
=======================
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select from_tz(to_timestamp('14-MAR-2010 0800' , 'DD-MON-YYYY HH24MI'), 'GMT') at time zone 'US/Eastern' from dual; -- returns 14-MAR-10 04:00:00.000000000 US/EASTERN correct
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http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
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a) the time 14-MAR-10 02:00am US/Eastern is actually a non-existant time as per the WorldClock.
b) that it's defaulting the time 14-MAR-10 02:00am to 14-MAR-10 03:00am US/Eastern
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=======================
= Via SqlPlus 10.2.0.1.0
=======================
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"select 'insert into MYTABLE ('||chr(10)||'DATE1,'||chr(10)||'TIME1,'||chr(10)||'COUNTS) values ('||decode(DATE1,Null,'Null','to_date('''||to_char(DATE1,'mm/dd/yyyy hh24:mi')||''',''mm/dd/yyyy hh24:mi'')')||','||chr(10)||''||decode(TIME1,Null,'Null',TIME1)||','||chr(10)||''||decode(COUNTS,Null,'Null',COUNTS)||');' from MYTABLE;
select '-- commit;' from dual;"
"select 'insert into MYTABLE ('||chr(10)||'DATE1,'||chr(10)||'TIME1,'||chr(10)||'COUNTS) values ('||decode(DATE1,Null,'Null','to_date('''||to_char(DATE1,'mm/dd/yyyy hh24:mi')||''',''mm/dd/yyyy hh24:mi'')')||','||chr(10)||''||decode(TIME1,Null,'Null',TIME1)||','||chr(10)||''||decode(COUNTS,Null,'Null',COUNTS)||');' from MYTABLE;
select '-- commit;' from dual;"
"select 'insert into MYTABLE ('||chr(10)||'DATE1,'||chr(10)||'TIME1,'||chr(10)||'COUNTS) values ('||decode(DATE1,Null,'Null','to_date('''||to_char(DATE1,'mm/dd/yyyy hh24:mi')||''',''mm/dd/yyyy hh24:mi'')')||','||chr(10)||''||decode(TIME1,Null,'Null',TIME1)||','||chr(10)||''||decode(COUNTS,Null,'Null',COUNTS)||');' from MYTABLE;
select '-- commit;' from dual;"
"select 'insert into MYTABLE ('||chr(10)||'DATE1,'||chr(10)||'TIME1,'||chr(10)||'COUNTS) values ('||decode(DATE1,Null,'Null','to_date('''||to_char(DATE1,'mm/dd/yyyy hh24:mi')||''',''mm/dd/yyyy hh24:mi'')')||','||chr(10)||''||decode(TIME1,Null,'Null',TIME1)||','||chr(10)||''||decode(COUNTS,Null,'Null',COUNTS)||');' from MYTABLE;
select '-- commit;' from dual;"
"select 'insert into MYTABLE ('||chr(10)||'DATE1,'||chr(10)||'TIME1,'||chr(10)||'COUNTS) values ('||decode(DATE1,Null,'Null','to_date('''||to_char(DATE1,'mm/dd/yyyy hh24:mi')||''',''mm/dd/yyyy hh24:mi'')')||','||chr(10)||''||decode(TIME1,Null,'Null',TIME1)||','||chr(10)||''||decode(COUNTS,Null,'Null',COUNTS)||');' from MYTABLE;
select '-- commit;' from dual;"
"select 'insert into MYTABLE ('||chr(10)||'DATE1,'||chr(10)||'TIME1,'||chr(10)||'COUNTS) values ('||decode(DATE1,Null,'Null','to_date('''||to_char(DATE1,'mm/dd/yyyy hh24:mi')||''',''mm/dd/yyyy hh24:mi'')')||','||chr(10)||''||decode(TIME1,Null,'Null',TIME1)||','||chr(10)||''||decode(COUNTS,Null,'Null',COUNTS)||');' from MYTABLE;
select '-- commit;' from dual;"
I was expecting a string of
insert into mytable values (19/1/2009,1,1);
insert into mytable values (19/10/2008,5,10);
Thanks for the explanation .

Migrating from Informix to Oracle 11g

Hi,
I have downloaded the Migration workbench, and the plug-ins Inofrmix7.jar from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/index-095746.html. Kindly could you please tell me from where i can download the ifxjdbc.jar. Are these files same with different name.
Regards

Hello,
What you need is the Informix Dynamic Server JDBC Driver, version 1.4 JAR file, ifxjdbc.jar.
This driver is shipped with the Informix Dynamic Server software. I am not sure you can download it freely.
Regards,
Jean-Patrick

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