How to insert a timestamp in Oracle?

Question

I have an Oracle DB with a timestamp field in it. What is the correct SQL code to insert a timestamp into this field?

Answer 1

For my own future reference:

With cx_Oracle use cursor.setinputsize(...):

mycursor = connection.cursor();

mycursor.setinputsize( mytimestamp=cx_Oracle.TIMESTAMP );
params = { 'mytimestamp': timestampVar };
cusrsor.execute("INSERT INTO mytable (timestamp_field9 VALUES(:mytimestamp)", params);

No converting in the db needed. See Oracle Documentation