Re: Oracle date format question
- From: "Guang Mei" <gmei@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Oracle-L-freelists" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 14:45:26 -0400
update table
set new_year_column = substr(old_column,1,4),
new_month_column = substr(old_column,6,2);
-- check your cloumn values, if correct
commit;
Guang
-----Original Message-----
From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Smith, Ron L.
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 2:36 PM
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Oracle date format question
I have a varchar column with data in the format yyyy/mm/dd hh .
I need to pull the year and the month into separate fields so I can
select and group them.
Can anyone tell me the easiest way to do this?
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