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Version Location Description Submitted By Corrected
Printed Page 72
2nd paragraph

"Oracle also has the TO_DATE function, so it allows TO_DATE(whn, 'yyyymm'), for
example."

Since whn is a date column, the function mentioned should be TO_CHAR, not TO_DATE.
It's OK on page 73, though.

 Anonymous 

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