I haven't tried to set dates with Class::DBI yet, but I will be working that issue shortly on my current project. I've already run into some Oracle specific problems, where I needed to write some custom SQL, so don't be surprized at this. (The custom SQL was for "paging").

In a prior project I used DBI by itself. I ended up writing a single routine to handle writing any generalized data into my tables. Part of the routine handling oracle SQL generation for dates looked like this: 

    # Note that date data must consist of a date encased in
    # single quotes followed by a comma, then a date
    # format string encased in single quotes.  For example:
    #    '2002-05-30','YYYY-MM-DD'
    # or     '05/30/2000:18:31','MM/DD/YYYY:HH:MM'
    foreach $name ( keys (%$r_datedata) ) {
        $column_str .= $name . ", ";
        if ( $$r_datedata{$name} eq "SYSDATE" ) {
            $value_str .= "SYSDATE, ";
        } else {
            $value_str .= "to_date(" . $$r_datedata{$name} . "), ";
        }
    }

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I imagine you'll need to do something similar.

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In reply to Re: Class::DBI Oracle Dates by freddo411
in thread Class::DBI Oracle Dates by set_uk

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