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Specifying date format for external tables

edited Dec 6, 2008 11:23PM in Database Administration (MOSC) 5 commentsAnswered ✓
I am trying to define an external table that has a date in it.  The date in the file is formatted MM/DD/YYYY.  I can't figure out how to specify it as a date in the external table definition.  I have tried:   DATE_RECORDED date "mm/dd/yyyy" and I keep getting an ORA-00907: missing right parenthesis error.  Anyone know what I am doing wrong?
Richard

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