Converts a date_timestamp_value to a character string.
Syntax
[TD_SYSFNLIB.] TO_CHAR ( date_timestamp_value [, format_arg ] )
- TD_SYSFNLIB.
- Name of the database where the function is located.
- date_timestamp_value
- A datetime or interval argument.
- format_arg
-
A character expression.
For valid format_arg values, see TO_DATE.
format_arg is used to format the numeric values. If format_arg is omitted, numeric_expr is converted to a string exactly long enough to hold its significant digits.
If this syntax element is not valid, an error is returned.
If this syntax element is NULL, NULL is returned.