Update tab1 set date_column= to_date (to_char(date_column,'DDMMYYYY')||v2_col,'DDMMYYYYHH:Mi:SS); Then just drop the varchar2 column. Also make sure that the format of your date mask above matches your varchar 2 column data Kenneth Naim -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ryan.gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 11:46 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: migrating a date and varchar field into 1 date field I'm migrating some old data from a progress database. I was given a data extract that was sql loaded into Oracle. I have two columns date_col (has the proper month,day,year) and is a date type time_col(has the proper time in minutes, seconds, etc...) and is a varchar field anyway to dummy it up so I can get both of these into the same column? the date_col has an incorrect time of day. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------