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Re: Can Oracle 7.x store 4-digit year dates?

From: Marc Billiet <Marc.Billiet_at_alcatel.be>
Date: 1997/08/11
Message-ID: <33EEE790.621@alcatel.be>#1/1 







Erwan Layman wrote:


> 

> Marc Scheuner wrote:

> 

> Your suggestion to use ALTER SESSION works great. But I lose this

> setting when I logout of SQL*Plus. How do I make this new date format

> setting persistent for myself and for all users of my database? I have

> DBA privilege. Thanks in advance.

> 

> Erwan Layman




You can globally change the default date format using NLS_DATE_FORMAT in your init.ora 
file.



Marc







Received on Mon Aug 11 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT












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