How do I make an insert statment with the date in the format in MM/DD/YYYY into an oracle create table like below?

Question

The table and statement in question are below, the date results in an error when I try enter it

CREATE TABLE cteam_ExpenseReport ( 
    ERNo NUMBER NOT NULL, 
    ERDesc VARCHAR2(50) NOT NULL,     
    ERSubmitDate DATE,
    ERStatusDate DATE ,
    ERStatus CHAR(8)NOT NULL, 
    SubmitUserNo NUMBER NOT NULL, 
    ApprUserNo NUMBER NOT NULL

);


INSERT INTO cteam_ExpenseReport 
(ERNo, ERDesc, ERSubmitDate, ERStatusDate, ERStatus, SubmitUserNo, ApprUserNo)
VALUES (1,'Sales Presentation','8/10/2002','8/26/2002','APPROVED',3,4);

Answer 1

String can not be directly converted to date. You can use either to_date or date function as following:

INSERT INTO cteam_ExpenseReport 
(ERNo, ERDesc, ERSubmitDate, ERStatusDate, ERStatus, SubmitUserNo, ApprUserNo)
VALUES (1, 'Sales Presentation',
    TO_DATE('08/10/2002', 'MM/DD/YYYY'), 
    TO_DATE('08/26/2002', 'MM/DD/YYYY'),    
    'APPROVED', 3, 4 );

Or

INSERT INTO cteam_ExpenseReport 
    (ERNo, ERDesc, ERSubmitDate, ERStatusDate, ERStatus, SubmitUserNo, ApprUserNo)
    VALUES (1, 'Sales Presentation',
        DATE '2002-08-10',
        DATE '2002-08-26',   
        'APPROVED', 3, 4 );

DATE function accepts YYYY-MM-DD format.

Cheers!!

Answer 2

Use TO_DATE() to convert your string to a DATE :

INSERT INTO cteam_ExpenseReport 
(ERNo, ERDesc, ERSubmitDate, ERStatusDate, ERStatus, SubmitUserNo, ApprUserNo)
VALUES (
    1,
    'Sales Presentation',
    TO_DATE('8/10/2002', 'MM/DD/YYYY'),
    TO_DATE('8/26/2002', 'MM/DD/YYYY'),
    'APPROVED',
    3,
    4
);