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Re: Perl and Java and PL/SQL and SYSDATE

From: <pobox002_at_bebub.com>
Date: 2 Dec 2004 05:59:28 -0800
Message-ID: <1101995968.723639.261920@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> 





Craig & Co. wrote:


> We converted the sysdate to CHAR back to DATE to enforce the

> NLS_DATE_FORMAT.


>




Huh? NLS_DATE_FORMAT is irrelevent when storing a data in a date
column. You are pointlessly converting a date to a character and then
converting it back to a date. It may not be the cause of your problem,
but if you are lucky the best you can hope for is that it achieves
nothing. 


-- 
MB


Received on Thu Dec 02 2004 - 07:59:28 CST












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