Why are you comparing a date to a char?
select *
from cust
where to_char(DATECREATED,'DD-MON-YYY HH24:MI:SS') = '01-FEB-03 07:53:28'
/
should work .... it appears that your NLS_DATE_FORMAT kicked in when your query tried to do an implicit char to date conversion (on the LHS part of the where clause)
Raj
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From: Basavaraja, Ravindra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 3:20 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: sql query: to_date() :ORA-01830: date format picture ends
before
Hi...
I am getting the following error with a query like this
select * from cust where
to_char(DATECREATED,'DD-MON-YYY HH24:MI:SS') =
to_date('01-FEB-03 07:53:28','DD-MON-YY HH24:MI:SS')
ORA-01830: date format picture ends before converting entire input string
What is the problem?
Thanks
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