I don't use Oracle but VisualFoxpro tables via ODBC. I use a CTOD (Character TO Date) or CTOT (Character TO Time) function on a string (since a string is what is returned by a get or a post) . You should be able to do something similar in Oracle. Example: update some_table set some_date=CTOD(<dtml-sqlvar a_date type=string>) where recid=<dtml-sqlvar rec_id type=int> (I use a javascript date validating function in the onChange of input fields in the browser code to insure that I am getting a valid date string in the REQUEST.) other example: CTOT(<dtml-sqlvar "(ZopeTime()-.25).strftime('%m/%d/%Y %I:%M:%S%p')" type=string>) (the -.25 gives me local time from Zulu time returned by ZOpeTime) In my experience Zope returns a DateTime type for date or datetime fields when returning variables from a select statement __________________________________________________________________ Jim Sanford . Database Engineer / \ / Accelerated Technology, Inc. / / 720 Oak Circle Drive East / / \ Mobile, AL 36609 / / \ Voice: 334-661-5770 fax: 334-661-5788 / \ E-Mail: jsanford@atinucleus.com Web: http://www.atinucleus.com Source Code, No Royalties, Any CPU...It just make sense ! __________________________________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin Hofer <hofer@oeh.tu-graz.ac.at> To: <zope@zope.org> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 6:13 AM Subject: [Zope] oracle date-type

hi out there

does someone know, how to query oracle-date fields using dcoracle?? the sqlvar and sqltest-commands don't support type=date!!!

thanks in advance

mARTin hofer

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