Oracle use LIKE '%' on DATE

Question

My table myTab has the column startDate, which has the datatype \"DATE\". The data in this column are stored like dd.mm.yyyy.

Answer 1

If the field type is "DATE" then the value isn't stored as a string, it's a number managed by Oracle, so you have to convert it to a string:

SELECT * FROM myTab WHERE to_char(startDate, 'MM.YYYY') = '01.2015';

You can also use date ranges in SQL queries:

SELECT * FROM myTab 
WHERE startDate 
BETWEEN to_date('01.01.2015', 'DD.MM.YYYY') 
AND     to_date('31.01.2015', 'DD.MM.YYYY');