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HI,
I was trying to run the following query in oracle but it isn't working,
can anybody tell me what is the error in this query apart from paranthesis.

sql>SELECT TO_CHAR(promo_begin_date,dd/month&)
FROM promotions
WHERE promo_begin_date IN (TO_DATE(JUN 01 98;,TO_DATE(JUL 01 98));

Thanks.

Posted 2-Oct-14 9:56am

sangaur

Updated 2-Oct-14 22:18pm

Richard MacCutchan

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Kschuler 2-Oct-14 16:27pm

What error message are you getting?

CPallini 3-Oct-14 4:40am

An error message would help.

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Jörgen Andersson · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-03T21:12:00

There are several small problems.
Firstly, the To_Char function wants the format_mask as a string, and I wonder if you really want the ampersand to be a part of the date.
Secondly, you have a semicolon in the middle of the second row that terminates the query. I also recommend to always use a format_mask here to, to avoid misunderstandings.
So try:

SQL

SELECT  TO_CHAR(promo_begin_date,'dd/month')
FROM    promotions
WHERE   promo_begin_date IN (TO_DATE(JUN 01 98,'MON DD YY'),TO_DATE(JUL 01 98,'MON DD YY'));

More info on format_masks here[^]