Oracle - literal does not match format string error

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Simple Oracle query: literal does not match format string

I am getting the following error:

INSERT INTO CatalogueEntry VALUES('2001-12-10', 2, 14.99, 1, 0)

ERROR at line 1: ORA-01861: literal does not match format string `

The first field is a DATE format.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Solution 1

When you are inserting a string value to a date column, then you need to convert it to a date during the INSERT using the to_date() function. When using this function you will provide the format of the string.

to_date() function format:

to_date( string1, [ format_mask ], [ nls_language ] )

So your query will be like this:

insert into CatalogueEntry
values
(
  to_date('2001-12-10', 'yyyy-mm-dd'),
  2,
  14.99,
  1,
  0);

See SQL Fiddle with demo

Solution 2

Try this SQL:

INSERT INTO CatalogueEntry 
              VALUES(to_date('2001-12-10','yyyy-mm-dd'), 2, 14.99, 1, 0);

Comments

[a_horse_with_no_name]

Another alternative is to use an ANSI SQL literal: date '2001-12-10'

[Nick Krasnov]

@a_horse_with_no_name date literal depends on NLS_DATE_FORMAT settings thus cannot be an alternative solution to OP's problem.

[a_horse_with_no_name]

@NicholasKrasnov: The ANSI date literals are completely independent of any NLS or other environment settings (it has to be YYYY-MM-DD). So this is a valid alternative (less typing and works across a wide range of DBMS actually)

[Nick Krasnov]

@a_horse_with_no_name Oh my, of course :). For some reason I mistakenly assumed opposite.

[Taryn]

@a_horse_with_no_name I was not aware that you can use an ANSI SQL Literal like that. Thanks for the info.