Understanding SQL Date Formatting for QuickReports, IALs, and SQL Query Tool

We’re getting run-time errors due to date logic/formatting/selections. Is there any standardized set of date formatting rules?

I have numerous Oracle SQL websites detailing date functions, but we run into issues every now and then, with each case having slightly different requirements/logic.

Scenarios:

1.) SQL in an IAL runs fine in the quick report using it, but fails when run in the SQL Query Tool.

2.) A quick report runs fine (and also runs fine with RMB Output>Save As...) but if you take Export to Excel it fails.

For instance, our latest situation is this error when running an IAL’s logic from the SQL Query Tool that doesn’t occur when running a quick report over the same IAL:

IAL logic:

1select
2soi.sub_program_id as PGM,
3cois.district_code as Class,
4omi.commission_receiver as Receiver,
5max(cin2.name) as Receiver_Name,
6max(cia.name) as Receiver_Company,
7omi.customer_id as Dealer,
8max(cin.name) as Dealer_Name,
9max(cois.country_code) || ' - ' || max(cia.state) as CN_ST,
10
11sum(CASE WHEN trunc(cois.invoice_date) between to_date( '#START_OF_LAST_MONTH#', 'YYYY-MM-DD-HH24:MI:SS' ) and to_date( '#END_OF_LAST_MONTH#', 'YYYY-MM-DD-HH24:MI:SS' )
12then cois.gross_amount else 0 end) as Month_Sales,
13
14sum(CASE WHEN TRUNC(to_char(cois.invoice_date, 'YYYYMM')) = to_char( ADD_MONTHS( to_date('#END_OF_LAST_MONTH#','YYYY-MM-DD'), -12), 'YYYYMM' ) 
15then cois.gross_amount else 0 end) as  Prior_Year_Month_Sales,
16
17sum(CASE WHEN TRUNC(to_char(cois.invoice_date, 'YYYY')) = to_char( to_date('#END_OF_LAST_MONTH#','YYYY-MM-DD'), 'YYYY' ) 
18then cois.gross_amount else 0 end) as  Current_YTD_Sales,
19
20sum(CASE WHEN TRUNC(to_char(cois.invoice_date, 'YYYY')) = to_char( ADD_MONTHS( to_date('#END_OF_LAST_MONTH#','YYYY-MM-DD'), -12), 'YYYY' ) 
21then cois.gross_amount else 0 end) as  Prior_YTD_Sales,
22
23min(cicm.value) as Phone_Number
24
25from REGA1APP.c_override_master_line omi
26
27left join rega1app.C_SUPPLIER_OVERRIDE_INFO soi   on omi.supplier_id = soi.supplier_id and omi.sub_program_id = soi.sub_program_id
28
29left join rega1app.CUST_ORD_INVO_STAT  cois on  omi.customer_id = cois.customer_no
30
31left join rega1app.Sales_Part sp on cois.catalog_no = sp.catalog_no and cois.contract = sp.contract
32
33left join rega1app.customer_info_address cia on soi.supplier_id = cia.customer_id and omi.supplier_id = cia.address_id
34
35left join rega1app.customer_info cin2 on omi.supplier_id = cin2.customer_id
36
37left join rega1app.customer_info cin on omi.customer_id = cin.customer_id
38
39left join rega1app.customer_info_comm_method cicm  on omi.customer_id = cicm.customer_id and cicm.method_id_db = 'PHONE'  and cicm.method_default = 'TRUE'
40
41where cois.gross_amount <> 0
42and soi.sub_program_id in ('AVP', 'AVP2', 'AM', 'DIV')
43and omi.commission_receiver = '114043' and omi.customer_id = '114043'
44
45group by soi.sub_program_id, cois.district_code, omi.commission_receiver, omi.customer_id
46order by soi.sub_program_id, cois.district_code, omi.commission_receiver, omi.customer_id