Using Minimun Date attribute in items Displayed as Date Picker

Question

Hi,
Working in a FORM, it has two items (Diasplay as Date Picker). THey are DATE OF ACTIVITY ( item name: P12_F_CARGA) and DATE OF APPROVAL (item name: P12_F_APROBACION). Now, DATE OF APPROVAL must be >= than DATE OF ACTIVITY.
-For both items: Format Mask:DD-MON-YYYY
-For item DATE OF APPROVAL:Minimun Date: &P12_F_CARGA.
According to documentation Minimun Date is a minimun selectable date and The value can be absolute value in YYYYMMDDHH24MI format or relative value with respect to today's date e.g. +7d  ('y' for years, 'm' for months, 'w' for weeks, 'd' for days) or name of the item, which holds the value e.g. &ITEM_NAME..
Example
200906110000
+1m+1y+1w
-1m-1w
+1m-1d
&ITEM_NAME. (including period)
The message received is:
Introduzca el valor de atributo de fecha mínimo 22-NOV-13 para el elemento P12_F_APROBACION que no coincide con el formato YYYYMMDDHH24MI.
ORA-01858: se ha encontrado un carácter no numérico donde se esperaba uno numérico
Tecnical Information (Only for Developers)
is_internal_error: true
apex_error_code: DATEPICKER.MIN_DATE_INVALID
ora_sqlcode: -1858
ora_sqlerrm: ORA-01858: Oracle has found an non numeric character where a numeric was expected.
component.type: APEX_APPLICATION_PAGE_ITEMS
component.id: 3691021571424602
component.name: P12_F_APROBACION
error_backtrace:ORA-06512: en "APEX_040100.WWV_FLOW_UTILITIES", línea 10551
PD: I tested using +1d and 201211220000 and it works!
Thanks,
Luis

Answer 1

Lecc23
As the error message is stating the value of P12_F_APROBACION is 22-NOV-13 where it should be 201311220000.
The value of a page item is always a string.
If P12_F_APROBACION is an input item check out the form to datepicker plugin from Clarifit
Nicolette