Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:40:26 -0800 (PST)
On Jan 29, 2:48 pm, Frank van Bortel <frank.van.bor..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> FeedingFrenzy1..._at_gmail.com wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I am trying to construct a query tool in VB6.
> > This is all i want my query to perform:
> > Select * from table where timestamp_field = Date.text
> > Any help?
> > Thanks,
> > FF
> Timestamps in oracle are not text - their representation
> on screen is. Dates are just like that, but have less
> resolution (1 second for date, 1 nanosecond (10^-9 sec)
> for a timestamp).
> Having said that - the representation depends on what
> format you have defined to show timestamps in. There's
> always a default, so you'll always see 'something'.
> Relying on the default format mask is a dangerous thing
> to do - therefor, always do an explicit conversion:
> select * from table
> where timestamp = to_timestamp(date.text,'format_mask');
> format_mask is the generic text representation of how
> your Date.text looks like.
> Definition of format masks for datetime elements can
> be found in the SQL Reference manual on tahiti.oracle.com,
> Frank van Bortel
> Top-posting in UseNet newsgroups is one way to shut me up
I have a field called Time_end in my database which has the TimeStamp datatype.
i am trying to get input from the user in a textbox txtDate.Text = Format(txtDate.Text, "dd-mmm-yyyy")
Now i want to get all the values in my time_end field which were on the same date.
How do i do this?
Thanks Received on Tue Jan 29 2008 - 14:40:26 CST