Try setting the NLS_DATE_FORMAT for your session with the alter session
command.
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Logica UK Ltd
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not necessarily the opinions of my employer.
Jason C Miller <jm+@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote in article
<AneVunO00YUu0fuUQ0_at_andrew.cmu.edu>...
> I'm trying to get Oracle queries to return long dates format
> (actually, I'm pref'ing to "MM/DD/YY HH24:MI" if possible. Normal
> queries seem to give me just the date. I've tried many combinations
> of "in" and the "to_char" function, but I'm hoping I've missed out on
> a much easier way. Perhaps even a way to make this default for the
> entire database and not just a given query.
>
> I'm using OWS 7.3 and WebServer (WebApp Server if you will) and would
> like to easily be able to query with the long dates. It would be
> extra wonderful if I didn't need to change the included Oracle
> "tablePrint" command to bring up this data (or do some type of view
> select for each table, which is just as ugly IMO).
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jason
>
>
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Received on Sat Jun 21 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT
