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ORA-01861 error, User Defined Date Variable format conflicts with Oracle format

Troubleshooting


Problem

Data Manager user defined date variable has to be in the format "ToDate('mm/dd/yyyy')", but when running the build within Oracle, it fails with the following errors. This occurs only in versions 8.3 and above.

Symptom

DM-DBM-0400 UDA driver reported the following on connection DM_connection:
UDA-SQL-0107 A general exception has occurred during the operation "open result".
ORA-01861: literal does not match format string

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Document Information

More support for:
Cognos Business Intelligence

Software version:
8.3, 8.4

Operating system(s):
Windows

Document number:
624111

Modified date:
08 May 2025

UID

swg21381681

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