EXPOSED-353 dateLiteral does not work on OracleDB 12c or 19c #1338

exposed-java-time/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/javatime/JavaDateColumnType.kt

@@ -127,7 +127,14 @@ class JavaLocalDateColumnType : ColumnType<LocalDate>(), IDateColumnType {
 
     override fun nonNullValueToString(value: LocalDate): String {
         val instant = Instant.from(value.atStartOfDay(ZoneId.systemDefault()))
-        return "'${DEFAULT_DATE_STRING_FORMATTER.format(instant)}'"
+        val formatted = DEFAULT_DATE_STRING_FORMATTER.format(instant)
+        if (currentDialect is OracleDialect) {
+            // Date literal in Oracle DB must match NLS_DATE_FORMAT parameter.
+            // That parameter can be changed on DB level.
+            // But format can be also specified per literal with TO_DATE function
+            return "TO_DATE('$formatted', 'YYYY-MM-DD')"
+        }
+        return "'$formatted'"
     }
 
     override fun valueFromDB(value: Any): LocalDate? = when (value) {

exposed-java-time/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/DateLiteralTest.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package org.jetbrains.exposed
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase.assertNull
+import org.jetbrains.exposed.DateLiteralTest.TableWithDate.date
+import org.jetbrains.exposed.dao.id.IntIdTable
+import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.insert
+import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.javatime.date
+import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.javatime.dateLiteral
+import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.selectAll
+import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.tests.DatabaseTestsBase
+import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.tests.shared.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Test
+import java.time.LocalDate
+
+class DateLiteralTest : DatabaseTestsBase() {
+    object TableWithDate : IntIdTable() {
+        val date = date("date")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testDateLiteralInQuery() {
+        withTables(TableWithDate) {
+            val future = LocalDate.of(3000, 1, 1)
+            val past = LocalDate.of(1500, 1, 1)
+
+            TableWithDate.insert {
+                it[date] = future
+            }
+
+            assertEquals(future, TableWithDate.selectAll().first()[date])
+
+            assertEquals(future, TableWithDate.selectAll().where { date greater past }.first()[date])
+
+            assertEquals(future, TableWithDate.selectAll().where { date greater dateLiteral(past) }.first()[date])
+
+            assertNull(TableWithDate.selectAll().where { date less dateLiteral(past) }.firstOrNull())
+        }
+    }
+
+
+}