When we are using plain JDBC connection we are using below code to format date or convert date
if(argDB.equals("Oracle")){
sb.append(" AND TO_CHAR(PaymentDate, 'YYYY-MM-DD') <= TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'YYYY-MM-DD')");
}
else {
sb.append(" AND CONVERT(VARCHAR(8), PaymentDate, 112) <= CONVERT(varchar(8), dbo.getdate(), 112)");
}
Now we are using JOOQ
Do you think we have to convert date like we did previously or JOOQ
can handle this type of problem internally.? As i checked right now JOOQ
not supported TO_CHAR
method of Oracle and Lukas given some alternative of this Here
A better way to write your predicate
Since you're formatting dates only to compare them, you should probably just compare the date values themselves, which will be much faster as your database will be able to use an index:
-- In SQL
ACCOUNT_PAYMENT.PAYMENT_DATE <= SYSDATE
// In jOOQ
ACCOUNT_PAYMENT.PAYMENT_DATE.le(DSL.currentDate())
Implementing a dialect-independent custom TO_CHAR()
function.
You should create a CustomField
for this purpose. This will allow you to interact with jOOQ's query rendering and variable binding lifecycle in order to render SQL dialect specific clauses depending on the RenderContext
's underlying SQLDialect
. Essentially this boils down to writing (assuming jOOQ 3.2 API):
class ToChar extends CustomField<String> {
final Field<?> arg0;
final Field<?> arg1;
ToChar(Field<?> arg0, Field<?> arg1) {
super("to_char", SQLDataType.VARCHAR);
this.arg0 = arg0;
this.arg1 = arg1;
}
@Override
public void toSQL(RenderContext context) {
context.visit(delegate(context.configuration()));
}
@Override
public void bind(BindContext context) {
context.visit(delegate(context.configuration()));
}
private QueryPart delegate(Configuration configuration) {
switch (configuration.dialect().family()) {
case ORACLE:
return DSL.field("TO_CHAR({0}, {1})",
String.class, arg0, arg1);
case SQLSERVER:
return DSL.field("CONVERT(VARCHAR(8), {0}, {1})",
String.class, arg0, arg1);
default:
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Dialect not supported");
}
}
}
And then, you can write your own static utility methods as such:
public class MyDSL {
public static Field<String> toChar(Field<?> field, String format) {
return new ToChar(field, DSL.inline(format));
}
}