yes, compare dates to date and you can;t go wrong. If you just want the date part use trunc() On 9/12/05, manoj.gurnani@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <manoj.gurnani@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi All, > I've a date column in a oracle db table which stores date and > time values. > Is it advisable to use a date variable directly in a comparison with a > date > column > without any formatting or using any other conversion functions like > to_char.