Verify string is a date

Hi
I have a string which has a begin and an end quote. I want to find out if it is a date in a pl/sql block. Please let me know how I can do that.
Thanks
Mathan

Hello
You will need to set up a list of date masks and formats to cater for each possible date format. I have done that here and put the results in a table, and then I'm joining that table to the source and doing the date conversion:
SQL> select * from dt_test_date;
DATE_STRING
01-AUGUST-2005
01-01-05
01-FEBRUARY-2005
01/11/05
01-FEB-2005
01-03-05
01/11/2005
01/08/05
Not a date
01/02/05
01/05/2005
01/09/2005
01-JAN-2005
Not a date
01-MARCH-2005
01/04/2005
Not a date
01-JUL-2005
01-SEPTEMBER-2005
19 rows selected.
SQL> select * from dt_test_date_format;
--First column is the pattern to look for with LIKE
--2nd column is corresponding TO_DATE conversion format
DATE_FORMAT_MASK     TO_DATE_FORMAT
__-__-__             DD-MM-YY
__-___-____          DD-MON-YYYY
__-____-____         DD-fmMONTH-YYYY
__-_____-____        DD-fmMONTH-YYYY
__-______-____       DD-fmMONTH-YYYY
__-_______-____      DD-fmMONTH-YYYY
__-________-____     DD-fmMONTH-YYYY
__-_________-____    DD-fmMONTH-YYYY
__/__/__             DD/MM/YY
__/__/____           DD/MM/YYYY
10 rows selected.
SQL> SELECT
2             a.date_string date_string,
3             CASE
4                     WHEN b.date_format_mask IS NOT NULL THEN
5                             to_date(a.date_string, b.to_date_format)
6                     ELSE
7                             NULL
8             END date_value
9     FROM
10             dt_test_date a,
11             dt_test_date_format b
12     WHERE
13             a.date_string like b.date_format_mask (+);
DATE_STRING                    DATE_VALUE
01-AUGUST-2005                 01-AUG-05
01-01-05                       01-JAN-05
01-FEBRUARY-2005               01-FEB-05
01/11/05                       01-NOV-05
01-FEB-2005                    01-FEB-05
01-03-05                       01-MAR-05
01/11/2005                     01-NOV-05
01/08/05                       01-AUG-05
Not a date
01/02/05                       01-FEB-05
01/05/2005                     01-MAY-05
01/09/2005                     01-SEP-05
01-JAN-2005                    01-JAN-05
Not a date
01-MARCH-2005                  01-MAR-05
01/04/2005                     01-APR-05
Not a date
01-JUL-2005                    01-JUL-05
01-SEPTEMBER-2005              01-SEP-05The 'Not a date' columns have a null date_value column. This will be the same for any row that does not have a matching date_format_pattern in dt_test_date_format. You can then put this into a cursor and loop through a complete list of rows that have valid dates.
HTH
David

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Anthony

Synch Error: String or binary data would be truncated.

I kicked off an inital synch for WebTools 2007 (may also be an issue in 596) and I had 1 synch error for SBOPartner:
String or binary data would be truncated.
The statement has been terminated.
   at netpoint.api.data.DataFunctions.Execute(String SQL, IDataParameter[] parameters, String connectionstring)
   at netpoint.api.NPBase.MarkSynched(String SynchID)
   at NetPoint.SynchSBO.SBOObjects.SBOPartner.SBOToNetPoint(SBOQueueObject qData)
   at NetPoint.SynchSBO.SynchObjectBase.Synch()
I traced the sql log and found the problem was related to addresses. The synchid only allows 50 characters but my synchid was 51 characters (COMINF, Communication Infrastructure Corporation, S). Anyway, to fix I modified the table to allow 100 characters and reran the synch. I know an upgrade will set it back to 50 but at least it's working now.
I tried to post this to support as a bug but I couldn't figure out how (as usual) or the authorization stuff changed so I figured I would post it here so hopefully the devs will see this and update the code.
Steve

Thanks Shawn ... My version of Netpoint is 2007.0.620.0 and the synch manager is 2007.0.620.35247. I'm not sure what patch level this means I am on though.
Steve

Verify string is a date

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