Re: Strange behaviour of to_date()

Am Mittwoch, 18. April 2001 10:47 schrieben Sie:
(...)
>
> Yes, Oracle support using not exact format mask, but Oracle's to_date
> is very based on date/time and not support others things:
>
> SVRMGR> select to_date('333.222.4.1.2001', '333.222.FMdd.FMmm.yyyy') from
> dual;
> TO_DATE('
> ---------
> ORA-01821: date format not recognized
>
>
> test=# select to_date('333.222.4.1.2001', '333.222.FMdd.FMmm.yyyy');
> to_date
> ------------
> 2001-01-04
> (1 row)
>
> or nice:
>
> test=# select to_date('33304333.1.2001', '333dd333.FMmm.yyyy');
> to_date
> ------------
> 2001-01-04
> (1 row)

Maybe it's not designed for my needs, but that does not change the fact that
it's a bug. When the mask is not exact, it should raise an error, and not
silently return WRONG values, which is really bad behaviour, and will result
in "lost" data.

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