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On Sat, 14 Mar 1998 14:46:33 GMT, bsteele_at_hillbilly.com (Biff Steel) wrote:
>Hi,
>I have a unix database that we have changed the NLS_DATE_FORMAT in the
>initxxxx.ora. When we are on the unix box doing sqlplus, forms etc the
>NLS_DATE_FORMAT appears the way we would like but when I go in from an
>NT or Win95 machine, say in SQLPLUS the nls date format reverts to the
>DD-MON-YY standard/default. I have seen people mention that it also
>needs to be set on the client but I'd like to know what the best way
>to do this is.
On 32-bit Win you must set it in a registry (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SOFTWARE -> ORACLE or something like that). On old 16-bit Win you must set it in your ORACLE.INI.
Regards,
Jurij Modic Republic of Slovenia jurij.modic_at_mf.sigov.mail.si Ministry of Finance ============================================================The above opinions are mine and do not represent any official standpoints of my employer Received on Sat Mar 14 1998 - 00:00:00 CST