Sorry, that was "there isn't a built in TIME datatype" cheers Alan.- On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 12:00 AM, Guillermo Alan Bort <cicciuxdba@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I'm going to take a shot and guess you are used to MySQL. Short answer is > no, there isn't a built in "DATE" datatype. You can define your own > datatype, but it's a pain. > > hth > Alan.- > > > > On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 10:08 PM, Eriovaldo Andrietta < > ecandrietta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hello Friends: >> >> >> I would like to know if there is a datatype to store only time in >> oracle, like HH24:MI >> >> I can use VARCHAR2(5) and save like that : 01:50, 22:35, ... >> >> Also, I can use DATE and store only time: HH24:MI , but in this case, it >> will store the date too. In this case I need supress data when reading the >> table. >> >> Is there another way to do it ? >> >> Regards >> Eriovaldo >> >> >> > >