Returning N rows with a datefield

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I am trying to return rows from a table, call it A where i have a create_date field. In the talble i have data (21-MAR-11) in that field but when i sort on it it does not work. How can i get the date field to return rows with a certain date? i have tried Trunc fucntion but its not working. Any help would be appreciated.

>select a.item_oid from ods_own.A
Where trunc(a.create_date) = to_date(‘20110321’,’YYYYMMDD’)

Posted 19-May-11 10:23am

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cuteband · Answer 1 · 2011-05-19T15:44:00

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i guess you need to convert this to datetime

Where Convert(DateTime,a.create_date) = Convert(DateTime,to_date)

Posted 19-May-11 15:44pm

cuteband