C# .NET - Oracle eiuvalent to SQL Server

Asked By Anwar Manha on 07-Nov-10 03:35 AM

what is the oracle equivalent to the below qurty
retval:=retval +' '+ CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),FLOOR(qty/ vunits));

when i run it in oracle it generate following error
no function with name varchar2 exist in this scope

oracle equivalent to sql server( Answer : Use Cast function instead of convert function)

Lalitha Kumaran replied to Anwar Manha on 07-Nov-10 04:00 AM

You can try with cast functionto to avoid the error:

retval:=retval+''+cast(floor(10.3/2) as varchar2(10));

Anwar Manha replied to Lalitha Kumaran on 07-Nov-10 05:39 AM

IT WORKED WITHOUT VARCHAR2 SIZE
but i had a similar query it generate an error

RETURN CAST(pInputDate, 111 AS VARCHAR2);

how to convert this to oracle

Mention value for pInputDate

Lalitha Kumaran replied to Anwar Manha on 07-Nov-10 06:10 AM

pInputDate ---------> ?.?.?.

Date format

Lalitha Kumaran replied to Anwar Manha on 07-Nov-10 06:27 AM

I Assume, you are trying to format the system date into YYYY/MM/DD format.Because, system date gives you in this format (
"mm/dd/yyyy with current time" in oracle.

SELECT SYSDATE FROM DUAL (oracle) < ==>select getdate()(sql server)

SELECT To_CHAR(SYSDATE,'YYYY/MM/DD') FROM DUAL(oracle) < ==>select convert(varchar,getdate(),111)(sql server)

Hope this can solve ur problem