Is there any way to change the format of a date column output based on condition?
For example, i have a table TEST with 1 Column test_date (DATE type) with two values - 20.03.2013 and NULL.
I want to do a query like below:
Select
CASE when test_date is NULL then 'NA' ELSE test_date end from TEST;
But i get an error like inconsistent char and date formats?
All WHEN parts of a CASE statement must return the same data type.
So you need to change the date to a string if you also want the value NA displayed:
case
when test_date is null then 'NA'
else to_char(test_date, 'dd.mm.yyyy')
end
It is working for me the query what you asked......
if u still getting the problem you can use the TO_CHAR() function
ex: CASE when test_date is NULL then 'NA' ELSE TO_CHAR(test_date,'MM/DD/YYYY') end from TEST;
Yes it is.
But for your case you should format your date on your case statement, like this:
Select
CASE when test_date is NULL then 'NA'
ELSE to_char(test_date, 'dd.mm.yyyy') end as date
from TEST
Edit:
As you said in your comments that you need the output format to be a date if it is not null You can't do this. As the output of a case statement should be the same type of the WHEN part.
Best option to you was pointed on the comments by #MaheswaranRavisankar. You have to use your specific date format for your excel sheet e.g if in your sheet the date format is DD/MM/YYYY you should put this format on the to_char function that way the excel will automatically convert this data to date if the column is formated as date.
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in some part of my program , I want to run a sql query and have the result which is a date like : %Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S
SELECT MAX(created_at)
FROM HOT_FILES_LOGS
WHERE FILE_NAME = 'test'
date in created_at column is stored like 04/03/2021 15:45:30 ( it is fulled with SYSDATE)
but when I run this query, I get just 04.03.21
what should I do to fix it?
Apply TO_CHAR with appropriate format mask:
select to_char(max(created_at), 'yyyy.mm.dd hh24:mi:ss') as created_at
from hot_files_logs
where file_name = 'test'
Oracle does not store dates or timestamps in any display format, they are stored in an internal structure, every date in every Oracle database since at least 8i and probably earlier. This structure consists of 7 1-byte integers (timestamps in a similar but larger structure). How the date is displayed or a string converted to a date is controlled the specified date format string in the to_char or to_date function or if no format string given by the NLS_DISPLAY_FORMAT setting. To get a gimps at the internal settings run the following:
create table td( d date);
insert into td(d) values(sysdate);
select d "The Date" , dump(d) "Stored As" from td;
See example. The last used format is not practical but strictly demonstrable. Well I guess you could use it to seed a repeatable random sequence.
I have data in the date column as below.
reportDate
21-Jan-17
02-FEB-17
I want to write a query to fetch data for 01/21/2017?
Below query not working in Oracle.
SELECT * FROM tablename where reportDate=to_date('01/21/2017','mm/dd/yyyy')
What is the data type of reportDate? It may be DATE or VARCHAR2 and there is no way to know by just looking at it.
Run describe table_name (where table_name is the name of the table that contains this column) and see what it says.
If it's a VARCHAR2 then you need to convert it to a date as well. Use the proper format model: 'dd-Mon-rr'.
If it's DATE, it is possible it has time-of-day component; you could apply trunc() to it, but it is better to avoid calling functions on your columns if you can avoid it, for speed. In this case (if it's really DATE data type) the where condition should be
where report_date >= to_date('01/21/2017','mm/dd/yyyy')
and report_date < to_date('01/21/2017','mm/dd/yyyy') + 1
Note that the date on the right-hand side can also be written, better, as
date '2017-01-21'
(this is the ANSI standard date literal, which requires the key word date and exactly the format shown, since it doesn't use a format model; use - as separator and the format yyyy-mm-dd.)
The query should be something like this
SELECT *
FROM table_name
WHERE TRUNC(column_name) = TO_DATE('21-JAN-17', 'DD-MON-RR');
The TRUNC function returns a date value specific to that column.
The o/p which I got when I executed in sqldeveloper
https://i.stack.imgur.com/blDCw.png
I have a date string coming from user input in the format of DD/MM/YYYY and I need to match it against a date column in our database in the format of DD-MON-YY.
Example input is 01/01/2015 and example date column in our database:
SELECT MAX(creation_date) FROM orders;
MAX(creation_date)
------------------
06-AUG-15
I need to query in the format:
SELECT * FROM orders WHERE creation_date = 01/01/2015
and somehow have that converted to 01-JAN-15.
Is it possible with some built-in Oracle function?
Use to_date, if the column in the table is in date format
http://www.techonthenet.com/oracle/functions/to_date.php
to_char allows you to specify different formats in a SQL statement.
Example: to_char(sysdate,'DD-MON-YYYY') will display 06-AUG-2015 for today's date.
TO_CHAR
Use to_date to compare your date column to a date string, but be careful in doing so since your date column may include a time component that isn't showing when selecting from your table.
If there is no index on your date column, you can truncate it during the comparison:
SELECT * FROM orders WHERE TRUNC(creation_date) = TO_DATE('01/01/2015','mm/dd/yyyy');
If there is an index on your date column and you still want to use it then use a ranged comparison:
SELECT * FROM orders
WHERE creation_date >= TO_DATE('01/01/2015','mm/dd/yyyy')
and creation_date < TO_DATE('01/01/2015','mm/dd/yyyy')+1;
For example, if the front end can give a Date, then add Date='someDate' with necessary AND keyword, and also show up the Date column by SELECT. Otherwise that Date column do not show either in the condition string nor in the SELECT
It is like
if the Date is not null
then
Select .... Date as Date01 from TableName where ....AND Date01='someDate';
if the Date is null
then
Select .... from TableName where ..;
How to achieve such goal? Thank you.
If you want to return two separate select lists then you would need two queries to perform this.
You cannot hide a column in a SELECT list based on whether or not a date has been provided.
If you want to include the column and the condition, then you can use a case expression to provide a different value to the records that don't have the condition. Similar to this:
select
case when Date01='someDate'
then Date
else null end as Date01
from TableName
where yourFilters
or Date01='someDate'
I have a field in my table with datatype as DATE in Oracle.
I want to insert the current date into that field, in format DD/MM/YYYY format.
I tried the below query:
select to_date(to_char(sysdate,'dd/mm/yyyy'),'dd/mm/yyyy') from dual
But it gives
1/8/2011 12:00:00 AM.
I want it to insert and show as
08/01/2011 12:00:00 AM.
Can anyone help me in this please ?
DATE is a built-in type in Oracle, which is represented in a fixed way and you have no control over it.
So:
I want it to insert [...] as 08/01/2011 12:00:00 AM
The above is nonsensical. You don't insert a string, you insert a date.
Format is useful only when you want:
to convert a string to an internal representation of date with TO_DATE (format mask: how to parse the string);
to convert an internal representation of date to a string with TO_CHAR (format mask: how to render the date).
So basically, in your example you take a DATE, you convert it to a STRING with some format, and convert it back to DATE with the same format. This is a no-op.
Now, what your client displays: this is because your Oracle Client won't display DATE fields directly and the NLS layer will convert any DATE field that is selected. So it depends on your locale by default.
What you want is SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'DD/MM/YYYY') FROM dual; which will explicitly perform the conversion and return a string.
And when you want to insert a date in a database, you can use TO_DATE or date literals.
Alternatively, if you want to retrieve the date part of the DATE field, you may use truncate, i.e.
select to_char(trunc(sysdate),'dd/mm/yyyy') from dual;
When the column is of type DATE, you can use something like:
Insert into your_table(your_date_column) Select TRUNC(SYSDATE) from DUAL;
This removes the time part from SYSDATE.
Maybe this can help
insert into pasok values ('&kode_pasok','&kode_barang','&kode_suplier',
to_date('&tanggal_pasok','dd-mm-yyyy'),&jumlah_pasok);
note: '&' help we to insert data again, insert / end than enter to
insert again example: Enter value for kode_pembelian: BEL-E005 Enter
value for kode_barang: ELK-02 Enter value for kode_customer: B-0001
old 2: '&kode_pembelian','&kode_barang','&kode_customer', new 2:
'BEL-E005','ELK-02','B-0001', Enter value for tanggal_pembelian:
24-06-2002 Enter value for jumlah_pembelian: 2 old 3:
to_date('&tanggal_pembelian','dd-mm-yyyy'),&jumlah_pembelian) new 3:
to_date('24-06-2002','dd-mm-yyyy'),2)
1 row created.
SQL> / (enter)