Using the EXTRACT function to get year and month from date

Question

Hello~
I am trying to extract the month and year using the query below but am getting the error:
Query cannot be parsed within the Builder
select     distinct city AS "CITY",count(MOTOR_ASSIST2.CITY) as "COUNT"
from     "MOTOR_ASSIST2" "MOTOR_ASSIST2"
where
(:P53_FISCAL_YR IS NULL OR :P53_FISCAL_YR = MOTOR_ASSIST2.FY)
*OR (:P53_MONTH IS NULL OR EXTRACT(MONTH FROM :P53_MONTH) = MOTOR_ASSIST2.DATETIME)
OR (:P53_YEAR IS NULL OR EXTRACT(YEAR FROM :P53_YEAR) = MOTOR_ASSIST2.DATETIME))*
GROUP BY MOTOR_ASSIST2.CITY
ORDER BY CITY
Can anyone help me figure out what im doing wrong?Thanks
Deanna

Answer 1

1. Whats the value of year you are passing here ??
2. Whats the value of months you are passing here??
Select City As "CITY", Count(Motor_Assist2.City) As "COUNT"
  From "MOTOR_ASSIST2" "MOTOR_ASSIST2"
Where ((:P53_Fiscal_Yr Is Null Or :P53_Fiscal_Yr = Motor_Assist2.Fy) Or
       (:P53_Month Is Not Null Or :P53_Month = Motor_Assist2.Month) And
       (:P53_Year Is Not Null Or :P53_Year = Motor_Assist2.Year) And
       Datetime >= To_Date(:P53_Year||:P53_Month, 'YYYYMON') And
       Datetime > Add_Months(To_Date(:P53_Year||:P53_Month, 'YYYYMON'), 1)
Group By Motor_Assist2.City
Order By City
SQL> Select Sysdate From dual Where Sysdate = To_Date('2008'||'SEP', 'YYYYMON');
SYSDATE
Select Sysdate From dual Where Sysdate = To_Date('2008'||'SEP', 'YYYYMON');
SYSDATE
SQL> Select To_Date('2008'||'SEP', 'YYYYMON') From dual;
TO_DATE('2008'||'SEP','YYYYMON
9/1/2008
will give you sept 1st or 1st day of the month,
hows the data in your datetime column or variable ???
SQL> Select Sysdate From dual Where trunc(add_months(last_day(Sysdate),-1) +1) = To_Date('2008'||'SEP', 'YYYYMON');
SYSDATE
9/12/2008 3
SQL>
there both side of '=' yield first day of sept ...
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