.net - How will you process date values stored in varchar fields? -
your user wants report sorted date. report being created using c# , odp.net sort on date column , output not user expected.
upon closer inspection, find date column varchar2 field. values in column stored in dd-mon-yy "01-jan-10" format.
how sorted date?
my answer:
select to_date(fakedatecolumn,'dd-mon-yy') table order to_date(fakedatecolumn,'dd-mon-yy')
is there available in front-end? suppose datetime.parseexact
trick well.
you answer correct. sorting should done @ database level. using datetime.parseexact
mean rows need fetched @ client , sorted might not efficient. once results fetched sorted database parse string datetime
show formatted in user interface.
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