Ruth,
If the source file is being loaded with SQL LOADER that you
can format the date load in the controlfile. We get our dates in the YYYYMMDD
format and load in to the database default by defining the source
data:
....
SaleDate TERMINATED BY ","
"TO_DATE(:SALEDATE,'YYYYMMDD')",
...Good Luck.
Ron
ROR mª¿ªm>>> rgramolini_at_tax.state.vt.us 01/10/02 08:25AM
>>>Good morning,We are having a problem load a file
containing dates in MON DD YYYY formatinto a database having and
nls_date_format=YYYYMMDD. Is there a way to doan alter session command
in the control file or the parameter file to thatwe can load this
data?We have had the production database down for 4 days with various
problemsand this is the last straw.Thanks in
advance,Ruth-- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: <A
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