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
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>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.

Newbie Can't See tables of DB in Enterprise Manager

Hello,
I'm trying to view the tables of a db on a SQL7 server, but cannot. I used
to be able to... The view says "Tables 289 Items" but then also says "There
are no items to show in this view" where the tables are normally listed.
Any ideas why?
Thanks,
IvanHi,
From Query Analyzer , execute the below code to get the table details.
Use <dbname>
go
sp_tables
Thanks
Hari
MCDBA
"Ivan Starr" <ivan@.ivanstarr.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I'm trying to view the tables of a db on a SQL7 server, but cannot. I
used
> to be able to... The view says "Tables 289 Items" but then also says
"There
> are no items to show in this view" where the tables are normally listed.
> Any ideas why?
> Thanks,
> Ivan
>