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Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide
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OCI Datatype Mapping and Manipulation Functions, 19 of 134


OCIDateCheck()

Purpose

Checks if the given date is valid.

Syntax

sword OCIDateCheck ( OCIError          *err,
                     CONST OCIDate     *date, 
                     uword             *valid );

Parameters

err (IN/OUT)

The OCI error handle. If there is an error, it is recorded in err and this function returns OCI_ERROR. Obtain diagnostic information by calling OCIErrorGet().

date (IN)

Date to be checked

valid (OUT)

Returns zero for a valid date. Otherwise, the ORed combination of all error bits specified as follows:

Macro Name Bit Number Error

OCI_DATE_INVALID_DAY

0x1

Bad day

OCI_DATE_DAY_BELOW_VALID

0x2

Bad day low/high bit (1=low)

OCI_DATE_INVALID_MONTH

0x4

Bad month

OCI_DATE_MONTH_BELOW_VALID

0x8

Bad month low/high bit (1=low)

OCI_DATE_INVALID_YEAR

0x10

Bad year

OCI_DATE_YEAR_BELOW_VALID

0x20

Bad year low/high bit (1=low)

OCI_DATE_INVALID_HOUR

0x40

Bad hour

OCI_DATE_HOUR_BELOW_VALID

0x80

Bad hour low/high bit (1=low)

OCI_DATE_INVALID_MINUTE

0x100

Bad minute

OCI_DATE_MINUTE_BELOW_VALID

0x200

Bad minute low/high bit (1=low)

OCI_DATE_INVALID_SECOND

0x400

Bad second

OCI_DATE_SECOND_BELOW_VALID

0x800

Bad second low/high bit (1=low)

OCI_DATE_DAY_MISSING_FROM_1582

0x1000

Day is one of those missing from 1582

OCI_DATE_YEAR_ZERO

0x2000

Year may not equal zero

OCI_DATE_INVALID_FORMAT

0x8000

Bad date format input

For example, if the date passed in was 2/0/1990 25:61:10 in (month/day/year hours:minutes:seconds format), the error returned would be:

OCI_DATE_INVALID_DAY | OCI_DATE_DAY_BELOW_VALID | OCI_DATE_INVALID_HOUR | 
   OCI_DATE_INVALID_MINUTE.

Comments

This function returns an error if date or valid pointer is null.

Related Functions

OCIErrorGet(), OCIDateCompare()


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