Need to query database where date is stored in varchar2 field as: Aug 2, 2013 or Aug 19, 2013.
Following is my query:
select to_char(sysdate -1, 'Mon dd, yyyy%') from dual;
returns Aug 19, 2013%
select to_char(sysdate -15, 'Mon dd, yyyy%') from dual;
returns Aug 05, 2013%
I would like output Aug 5, 2013% without leading zero for day of the month for Aug 1 thro Aug 9.