Simple Oracle query: literal does not match format string

Question

I want to execute a simple function in Oracle. The signature is defined as follows:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION NewCaseListForValidation
(
                            


        

Answer 1

Query NLS_PARAMETERS in Oracle- you will then be able to see what format your DB is accepting dates in.

Typically however i use the to_date() function:

to_date('01-01-2011','DD-MM-YYYY');

In the UK to input my dates.