Re: to_char() accepting invalid dates?

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class="MsoNormal"> <pclass="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal">That error is coming on <pre><span
style="color:black">selectto_date('20110231', 'YYYYMMDD') from dual;</span></pre><p class="MsoNormal"> <p
class="MsoNormal">becausethere are not 31 days in February 2011, try this:<p class="MsoNormal"> <p
class="MsoNormal">selectto_date('20110228', 'YYYYMMDD') from dual;<p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b
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