Question

I am using the below method to get this string to_date('2011/06/02','yyyy/mm/dd')

private static String getOperationDate() {
  Date today= new Date();
  String output;
  SimpleDateFormat formatter;
  String pattern="yyyy/MM/dd";

  formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, Locale.US);
  output = formatter.format(today);
  String temp="to_date('"+output+"','yyyy/mm/dd')";

  return temp;
}

How can i generate something like this to_date('2011-05-27 12:45:56.1',....) i.e., apart from just date how can i also include time with milliseconds, which would then be updated to the database

Added a oracle insert statement, after referring to an answer by trutheality, but this gives me 01810. 00000 - "format code appears twice" error

INSERT INTO CONFIG_INFO(CFG_ID,CFG_NAME,CFG_DESC,CFG_TYPE,FILE_NAME,ABSOLUTE_PATH,EMAIL_ADDRESS,PROJECT_ID,HOSTNAME,CREATE_DATE,UPDATE_DATE,STATE,PRODUCT_ID)
    VALUES (config_seq.NEXTVAL,'Abhishek','as','Production','asdclient1.xml','E:tomcat 5.5bin/../webapps/asd/files/asdclient.xml','[e-mail]','ABC','abhinix',to_date('2011/06/02 11:18:38.211','yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss.SSS'),to_date('2011/06/02 11:18:38.211','yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss.SSS'),2,123456)

Answer 1

Look at the docs, and figure out what your format string should be.

Probably something like

String pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS";

But the proper way is to use the JDBC driver as OMG Ponies has pointed out.