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sql = """select sysdate, 0.111, 1234.123456, 123, 1234, (sysdate-to_date('2000-02-03','YYYY-MM-DD')) DateDiff from dual""" c.execute(sql) c.description (('SYSDATE', 'DATE', 75, 7, 0, 0, 1), ('0.111', 'NUMBER', 40, 3, 0, 0, 1), ('1234.123456', 'NUMBER', 40, 6, 0, 0, 1), ('123', 'NUMBER', 40, 3, 0, 0, 1), ('1234', 'NUMBER', 40, 3, 0, 0, 1), ('DATEDIFF', 'NUMBER', 40, 22, 0, 0, 1)) pprint.pprint(c.fetchone()) (dbiDate('2000-02-03 15:38:23'), 0, 1234, 123, 1234, 0)

A similar query executed through ZOPE has the same effeect. Z SQL Method at /db / prod / Oracle / Test_Junk ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- SYSDATE 0.111 DATEDIFF 2000/02/03 15:36:35 US/Mountain 0 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- SQL used: select sysdate, 0.111, (sysdate-to_date('2000-02-03','YYYY-MM-DD')) DateDiff from dual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- The same query executed though ODBC returns the desired result Z SQL Method at /db / prodODBC / Oracle / Test_Junk ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- SYSDATE 0.111 DATEDIFF 2000/02/03 15:41:12 US/Mountain 0.111 0.653611111111 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- SQL used: select sysdate, 0.111, (sysdate-to_date('2000-02-03','YYYY-MM-DD')) DateDiff from dual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Please help. -Karl