Hi,
Why dont you get the day, month and the year whatever possible starting from
the least and then write a select query for that particular day,month or
year
using the to_char or to_date functions available in Oracle
Purav
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shanmuga, KR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 11:52 AM
Subject: [off-topic] filter records for date fields
> sorry for the off-topic question.
>
> since the ppl here are discussing abt oracle i thought
> and i can get the solution ...
>
> i have a text field to get the date from user.
> according to this date i need to filter and display
> those records in the browser. lets say if the user
> types
>
> 31/3
>
> i tried
>
> select * from master where fin_date like '31/3%';
>
> returned no records found, but sure there are records.
>
>
> any help is appreciated.
>
> thanks in advance.
>
> cheers
> shan.
>
>
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