Newbie Question on =Today()

I need to pull some reports from an older ERP system in the US via ODBC
I have the report in play, but want to limit the criteria to the items
shipped today
I have a TODAY_FIELD as a calculated Field with the parameter =TODAY()
The Format of the Oracle view is mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss AM and the
TODAY_FIELD
matches that. (ie 8/30/2006 12:00:00 AM)
So I am looking for the criteria for WHERE (REAL_SHIP_DATE >
TODAY()) which will not generate and ORA-00904 error.
Can anyone please help?getdate() is the system date to use. Or am I understanding what you want
wrong?
"VB" <vodkablokey@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1156941597.512536.214380@.b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>I need to pull some reports from an older ERP system in the US via ODBC
> I have the report in play, but want to limit the criteria to the items
> shipped today
> I have a TODAY_FIELD as a calculated Field with the parameter =TODAY()
> The Format of the Oracle view is mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss AM and the
> TODAY_FIELD
> matches that. (ie 8/30/2006 12:00:00 AM)
> So I am looking for the criteria for WHERE (REAL_SHIP_DATE >
> TODAY()) which will not generate and ORA-00904 error.
> Can anyone please help?
>|||Ben Watts wrote:
> getdate() is the system date to use. Or am I understanding what you want
> wrong?
> "VB" <vodkablokey@.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1156941597.512536.214380@.b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> >I need to pull some reports from an older ERP system in the US via ODBC
> >
> > I have the report in play, but want to limit the criteria to the items
> > shipped today
> >
> > I have a TODAY_FIELD as a calculated Field with the parameter =TODAY()
> >
> > The Format of the Oracle view is mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss AM and the
> > TODAY_FIELD
> > matches that. (ie 8/30/2006 12:00:00 AM)
> >
> > So I am looking for the criteria for WHERE (REAL_SHIP_DATE >
> > TODAY()) which will not generate and ORA-00904 error.
> >
> > Can anyone please help?
> >
I am looking to report all shipping transactions (TRANSACTION_CODE ='OESHIP') which have happened since Midnight.
I know = TODAY() will give you 12:00am today, how do I pass this as a
criteria to a ODBC database call?
I had tried =TODAY() but this is rejected, it seems to suggest I need
to use TO_DATE, but I don't know how to do this either.
Thanks for getting back though :)|||Try:
WHERE REAL_SHIP_DATE > CAST( CONVERT( VARCHAR(8), GETDATE(), 112) AS DATETIME)
This takes the the curent system time, as suggested by Ben, chops of the
time and returns a DateTime value at the very start of the day, similar to
the vb Today() function.
HTH,
Magendo_man
"VB" wrote:
> Ben Watts wrote:
> > getdate() is the system date to use. Or am I understanding what you want
> > wrong?
> > "VB" <vodkablokey@.gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1156941597.512536.214380@.b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> > >I need to pull some reports from an older ERP system in the US via ODBC
> > >
> > > I have the report in play, but want to limit the criteria to the items
> > > shipped today
> > >
> > > I have a TODAY_FIELD as a calculated Field with the parameter =TODAY()
> > >
> > > The Format of the Oracle view is mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss AM and the
> > > TODAY_FIELD
> > > matches that. (ie 8/30/2006 12:00:00 AM)
> > >
> > > So I am looking for the criteria for WHERE (REAL_SHIP_DATE >
> > > TODAY()) which will not generate and ORA-00904 error.
> > >
> > > Can anyone please help?
> > >
> I am looking to report all shipping transactions (TRANSACTION_CODE => 'OESHIP') which have happened since Midnight.
> I know = TODAY() will give you 12:00am today, how do I pass this as a
> criteria to a ODBC database call?
> I had tried =TODAY() but this is rejected, it seems to suggest I need
> to use TO_DATE, but I don't know how to do this either.
> Thanks for getting back though :)
>|||magendo_man wrote:
> Try:
> WHERE REAL_SHIP_DATE > CAST( CONVERT( VARCHAR(8), GETDATE(), 112) AS DATETIME)
> This takes the the curent system time, as suggested by Ben, chops of the
> time and returns a DateTime value at the very start of the day, similar to
> the vb Today() function.
> HTH,
> Magendo_man
> "VB" wrote:
> >
> > Ben Watts wrote:
> > > getdate() is the system date to use. Or am I understanding what you want
> > > wrong?
> > > "VB" <vodkablokey@.gmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:1156941597.512536.214380@.b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> > > >I need to pull some reports from an older ERP system in the US via ODBC
> > > >
> > > > I have the report in play, but want to limit the criteria to the items
> > > > shipped today
> > > >
> > > > I have a TODAY_FIELD as a calculated Field with the parameter =TODAY()
> > > >
> > > > The Format of the Oracle view is mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss AM and the
> > > > TODAY_FIELD
> > > > matches that. (ie 8/30/2006 12:00:00 AM)
> > > >
> > > > So I am looking for the criteria for WHERE (REAL_SHIP_DATE >
> > > > TODAY()) which will not generate and ORA-00904 error.
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone please help?
> > > >
> >
> > I am looking to report all shipping transactions (TRANSACTION_CODE => > 'OESHIP') which have happened since Midnight.
> >
> > I know = TODAY() will give you 12:00am today, how do I pass this as a
> > criteria to a ODBC database call?
> >
> > I had tried =TODAY() but this is rejected, it seems to suggest I need
> > to use TO_DATE, but I don't know how to do this either.
> >
> > Thanks for getting back though :)
> >
> >
THanks, that would do the trick.
When I try it though I get a new error, INVALID or MISSING EXPRESSION
Any ideas?|||VB wrote:
> magendo_man wrote:
> > Try:
> >
> > WHERE REAL_SHIP_DATE > CAST( CONVERT( VARCHAR(8), GETDATE(), 112) AS DATETIME)
> >
> > This takes the the curent system time, as suggested by Ben, chops of the
> > time and returns a DateTime value at the very start of the day, similar to
> > the vb Today() function.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Magendo_man
> >
> > "VB" wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Ben Watts wrote:
> > > > getdate() is the system date to use. Or am I understanding what you want
> > > > wrong?
> > > > "VB" <vodkablokey@.gmail.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:1156941597.512536.214380@.b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> > > > >I need to pull some reports from an older ERP system in the US via ODBC
> > > > >
> > > > > I have the report in play, but want to limit the criteria to the items
> > > > > shipped today
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a TODAY_FIELD as a calculated Field with the parameter =TODAY()
> > > > >
> > > > > The Format of the Oracle view is mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss AM and the
> > > > > TODAY_FIELD
> > > > > matches that. (ie 8/30/2006 12:00:00 AM)
> > > > >
> > > > > So I am looking for the criteria for WHERE (REAL_SHIP_DATE >
> > > > > TODAY()) which will not generate and ORA-00904 error.
> > > > >
> > > > > Can anyone please help?
> > > > >
> > >
> > > I am looking to report all shipping transactions (TRANSACTION_CODE => > > 'OESHIP') which have happened since Midnight.
> > >
> > > I know = TODAY() will give you 12:00am today, how do I pass this as a
> > > criteria to a ODBC database call?
> > >
> > > I had tried =TODAY() but this is rejected, it seems to suggest I need
> > > to use TO_DATE, but I don't know how to do this either.
> > >
> > > Thanks for getting back though :)
> > >
> > >
> THanks, that would do the trick.
> When I try it though I get a new error, INVALID or MISSING EXPRESSION
> Any ideas?
SOrry Folks, I realised (eventually) instead of trying to re-invent the
wheel I should just create a view in the database with the sysdate -1
call and just report the view.