PL/SQL :: Check If Data Stored In Varchar2 Type Column Is Date Or Not
Jun 29, 2012
Is there a seeded function by which I can check all the rows which stored dates in varchar column.
I have a table say test (test_data varchar2(100));
Now I will insert all types of records into the table varchar,number dates and then i will write q query to etch all those records only which has dates only
INSERT INTO test(1);
INSERT INTO test('ABC');
INSERT INTO test(SYSDATE);
INSERT INTO test(TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'DD-MON-YYYY'));
INSERT INTO test(TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS'));
INSERT INTO test('15/01/2012');
...
commit;
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Jun 13, 2012
I have problem to convert simply varchar to date data type.
For example: 2012-05-28 22:36:08 and I would like to get format 28.5.2012 22:36:08
However I try to do it I get always some errors.
select '2012-05-28 22:36:08',
to_date( '2012-05-28 22:36:08', 'dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI:SS') ,
to_char('2012-05-28 22:36:08', 'dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI:SS')
from dual
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Jan 10, 2013
I have an index on column of table which of data type varchar2. While selecting data from that table I am using following scenarios in where on the indexed column
like '%abc%'
like 'abc%'
like '&abc'
Will be the corresponding index will be for those cases?
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Jan 29, 2013
bookshelf_test table structure
title varchar2(100) y
publisher varchar2(20) y
categoryname varchar2(20) y
rating varchar2(2) y
my query is,
select ROWNUM AS "Rank",title,publisher from (select rating,title,publisher from bookshelf_test order by rating desc ) where ROWNUM <=3
returns result ,
1 1 MY LEDGER KOCH PRESS
2 2 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD HARPERCOLLINS
3 3 THE MISMEASURE OF MAN W.W. NORTON
But inner query (select rating,title,publisher from bookshelf_test order by rating desc ) returns,
1 5 WONDERFUL LIFE W.W.NORTON
2 5 THE MISMEASURE OF MAN W.W. NORTON
3 5 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD HARPERCOLLINS
4 5 MY LEDGER KOCH PRESS
5 4 TRUMAN SIMON SCHUSTER
6 4 GOSPEL PICADOR
7 4 HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE SCHOLASTIC
8 4 INNUMERACY VINTAGE BOOKS
9 4 JOHN ADAMS SIMON SCHUSTER
10 4 JOURNALS OF LEWIS AND CLARK MARINER
11 4 LETTERS AND PAPERS FROM PRISON SCRIBNER
12 4 PREACHING TO HEAD AND HEART ABINGDON PRESS
13 4 THE SHIPPING NEWS SIMON SCHUSTER
14 4 THE GOOD BOOK BARD
15 4 THE DISCOVERERS RANDOM HOUSE
16 3 THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP TOUCHSTONE
17 3 SHOELESS JOE MARINER
18 3 KIERKEGAARD ANTHOLOGY PRINCETON UNIV PR
19 3 EMMA WHO SAVED MY LIFE ST MARTIN'S PRESS
20 3 EITHER/OR PENGUIN
21 3 CHARLOTTE'S WEB HARPERTROPHY
22 3 BOX SOCIALS MARINER
23 3 ANNE OF GREEN GABLES GRAMMERCY
24 3 WEST WITH THE NIGHT NORTH POINT PRESS
25 3 UNDER THE EYE OF THE CLOCK ARCADE PUB
26 3 TRUMPET OF THE SWAN HARPERCOLLINS
27 2 COMPLETE POEMS OF JOHN KEATS VIKING
28 1 POLAR EXPRESS HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
29 1 GOOD DOG, CARL LITTLE SIMON
30 1 MIDNIGHT MAGIC SCHOLASTIC
31 1 RUNAWAY BUNNY HARPERFESTIVAL
why final queries top 3 rows r different than inner query ?
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Jan 26, 2011
I have table called INFO and the column called CREATED_DATE . Now the datatype of CREATED_DATE is of varchar2 . Now If I need to query the table through select statement where I need to order the result based on CREATED_DATE , how can i achieve this ?
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Oct 17, 2011
Is there some functions to convert the long type field data to varchar2 type?
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Apr 21, 2010
I have table customer which contains a column CUSTOMER_FIRST_NAME
CUSTOMER_FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2(50)
What will be sql statement to add a constraint on the CUSTOMER_FIRST_NAME column of the CUSTOMERS table so that the value inserted in the column does not have numbers ?
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Jun 4, 2012
I have a table with modifieddate column with 'DATE' data type.I am facing date format exception and tried with to_char, to_date but its throwing invalid number exception. how to format date accordingly.
SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE modifieddate > '31-Dec-2011 18:30';
ORA-01722: invalid number
01722. 00000 - "invalid number"
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Aug 16, 2011
i have a varchar2 column containing string values that can be converted to date i.e. ('31-JUL-11') and that column also contains text strings in it. i.e. ('Some string data...')
records whose column value can be converted to date are extractable via where clause (i.e. those rows are associated with some fix number / flag)
now when i try to use to_date function i get the error that
" ORA-01858 a non-numeric character was found where a numeric was expected "
in sql i have added a where clause to only pick rows with flag, but even then it gives the error.
using a subquery in the from clause eliminates the error, but when i create it in a view it again gives the same error.
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May 16, 2011
I have a column defined as Number( 8 ) which is supposed to have date values. I would like to check if all the rows in that table have valid dates. We could use to_date(coulmn_name, 'YYYYMMDD') and catch the rownums for error conditions using pl/sql. I would like to know if we could just do it using sql only and return the row numbers for those that are invalid dates?
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Mar 3, 2011
I am working with Oracle 8i and I have a problem while applying the below query:
select to_char(ENTRYDATE,'MM-DD-YYYY HH24:MI:SS') from TBL_BANDWIDTH_READS
where ENTRYDATE > sysdate-1
and rownum <10
03-03-2011 00:00:00
03-03-2011 00:00:00
03-03-2011 00:00:00
03-03-2011 00:00:00
[code].....
The time appears as 00:00:00. I said it's something weird because if I take the where condition off, then something like this appears:
select to_char(ENTRYDATE,'MM-DD-YYYY HH24:MI:SS') from TBL_BANDWIDTH_READS
12-22-2006 13:13:27
12-22-2006 13:13:27
12-22-2006 13:13:27
12-22-2006 13:13:27
12-22-2006 13:13:27
12-22-2006 13:13:27
12-22-2006 13:13:27
I am using the same query on a different table and there's no problem on it:
select to_char(ENTRYDATE,'MM-DD-YYYY HH24:MI:SS') from TBL_XX_PROGRAM
where ENTRYDATE > sysdate -10 and rownum <10
03-03-2011 17:06:48
03-03-2011 17:06:48
03-03-2011 16:59:08
03-03-2011 16:59:08
03-03-2011 12:04:21
I checked the DDL of both tables and the only difference is that the TBL_XX_PROGRAM have the ENTRYDATE field defined as not null and the ENTRYDATE on the TBL_BANDWIDTH_READS does not have the same constraint, could it affect?
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Sep 5, 2012
I am trying to run select query on xml using xmltable. One of the tag returns date and I want to take it in date format in xmltable column.
select t.* from XMLTYPETEST xt ,
XMLTable ('/TestData/trade' passing xt.data
columns
test varchar2(100) path 'GenTest/Id',
testdate date path 'DateTest/Date')t;
But its throwing error as -
SQL Error: ORA-29958: fatal error occurred in the execution of ODCIINDEXCREATE routine
ORA-01830: date format picture ends before converting entire input string
29958. 00000 - "fatal error occurred in the execution of ODCIINDEXCREATE routine"
*Cause: Failed to successfully execute the ODCIIndexCreate routine.
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Oct 24, 2007
i am fairly new in the oracle arena, but what would cause a statement such as
ALTER TABLE TEST_TABLE MODIFY text_field1 varchar2(100) DEFAULT 'testval' NULL
to change a column's type from VARCHAR2(100) to VARCHAR2(100 byte)? i found a few mentions of the 100 byte concept online but nothing that jumped out at me.
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Oct 13, 2011
How can i get just date from the timestamp data type.
Suppose i have a column timestamp with has data like "2011-05-16 16:19:22.579764-07" when i select from table i just want the date like 2011-05-16.
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Oct 26, 2006
How do i insert or select date data type value in am or pm Eg 10:30:00 am or 10:35:00 pm
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Sep 2, 2013
First, I'm aware that the equals (=) operator is a "comparison operator compares two values for equality." In other words, in an SQL statement, it won't return true unless both sides of the equation are equal. For example:
SELECT * FROM Store WHERE Quantity = 200; The LIKE operator "implements a pattern match comparison" that attempts to match "a string value against a pattern string containing wild-card characters."
For example:
SELECT * FROM Employees WHERE Name LIKE 'Chris%';
Here,I query about date type data on ORACLE database, I found the following, when I write select statment in this way:
SELECT ACCOUNT.ACCOUNT_ID, ACCOUNT.LAST_TRANSACTION_DATE FROM ACCOUNT WHERE ACCOUNT.LAST_TRANSACTION_DATE LIKE '30-JUL-07';
I get all rows I'm looking for. but when I use the sign equal =
instead :SELECT ACCOUNT.ACCOUNT_ID, ACCOUNT.LAST_TRANSACTION_DATE FROM ACCOUNT WHERE ACCOUNT.LAST_TRANSACTION_DATE = '30-JUL-07';
I get nothing even though nothing is different except the equal sign.
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Oct 26, 2011
Rowid type is one of data types in oracle,is it equal to the varchar2,the flowing test show varchar2 type can contain rowid type.
SQL> Declare
2 L_Rowid1 Varchar2(18);
3 L_Rowid2 Rowid;
4 Begin
5
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Jul 26, 2011
I have a table with two columns called startsem and gradsem they are both CHAR(3). Within those colums are rows that are listed as SemesterYear. For example, F09 is Fall 2009, S09 Spring 2009, and M09 is Summer 2009. I would like to create a constraint that says GradSem must be greater than StartSem b/c no one can travel back in time to graduate. However, as you know you can compare S09 > F09 because it will treat it as a string. I thought I could use a substring and compare the last two digits as a year and that would work but how do I compare the semesters as a time frame? Because in my schema F > S because Spring 2011 comes before Fall 2011 but in reality F < S because to Oracle it is a string and the ASCII value of F is less than S. I cannot chage the coding of the database so editing the rows so they are more date friendly is not an option.
So how can I modify this database to acruately compare StartSem and GradSem.
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Oct 28, 2012
I am trying to name a column from data stored in a row (Phone number) I want to name it from the first 3 digits (Area code) and I have no clue how to do it I have googled but I think the query is a little too complicated for me to explain it and get a result from google or find it in a section of a book.
My phone numbers are strings, so I initially look for the first 3 characters and then start separating and counting, I can do that, the only problem I have is naming the column WITH the the first three digits that I just separated.
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Oct 28, 2012
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My phone numbers are strings, so I initially look for the first 3 characters and then start separating and counting, I can do that, the only problem I have is naming the column WITH the the first three digits that I just separated.
I am trying to learn by myself how to use databases and am using the HR database that comes in oracle since I read in a forum that it is a great way to learn how to use queries.
I read about using Pivot to do it, but in pivot I need to know how many area codes there are. I will post a screen shot of the table that I am working on the other post
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I can group by phone number with this:
SELECT SUBSTR(PHONE_NUMBER, 1, 3) AREA, COUNT(SUBSTR(PHONE_NUMBER, 1, 3)) TOTAL_COUNT
FROM EMPLOYEES
GROUP BY SUBSTR(PHONE_NUMBER, 1, 3);
But what I am interested in doing is that instead of Area appearing as a column, that the actual first 3 digits would appear as the column name.
This is kind of what I am trying to do, but instead of AREA appearing as column name I would like for each one of the area codes to appear as column name, here is the
SELECT DE.DEPARTMENT_NAME, EM.SEX, SUBSTR(EM.PHONE_NUMBER, 1, 3) AREA, COUNT(SUBSTR(EM.PHONE_NUMBER, 1, 3)) TOTAL_COUNT FROM EMPLOYEES EM, DEPARTMENTS DE WHERE DE.DEPARTMENT_ID = EM.DEPARTMENT_ID GROUP BY DEPARTMENT_NAME, EM.SEX, SUBSTR(PHONE_NUMBER, 1, 3) ORDER BY DEPARTMENT_NAME;
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Oct 7, 2011
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May 9, 2012
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Feb 20, 2013
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Jul 12, 2012
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nom3 3
nom4 4
nom5 5
nom6 6
nom7 7
nom8 8
nom9 9
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</Changes>
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get this issue resolved.
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Oct 23, 2012
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' joins to the '||
a.table_name||
' table on '||
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' = '||
d.column_name Table_relationships
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