When I do...
Select TO_CHAR (date_field, 'Month DD, YYYY')
from...
I get the following:
July 01, 2011
April 01, 2011
January 01, 2011
Why are there extra spaces between my month and day? Why doesn't it just put them next to each other?
if you use 'Month' in to_char it right pads to 9 characters; you have to use the abbreviated 'MON', or to_char then trim and concatenate it to avoid this. See, http://www.techonthenet.com/oracle/functions/to_char.php
select trim(to_char(date_field, 'month')) || ' ' || to_char(date_field,'dd, yyyy')
from ...
or
select to_char(date_field,'mon dd, yyyy')
from ...