Re: [Q]How to change the default date format?

you have to change your registry or oracle.ini nls_date_format value to NLS_DATE_FORMAT=mm.dd.yyyy

Goc.

<sajidhafeez_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:7j5508$74u$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> Hi all
>
> I am facing a problem while developing an application in Developer 2000
> and Oracle 8.
> That is, in the form I had bind a field with a database column, having
> date data type, now the problem is with Oracle’s default date format
> which is DD-MON-YY and I want to show it in DD-MM-YYYY format. If I
> change the mask of the control in forms it gives error and doesn’t
> display the date.
> I also read about the DBMS_SESSION package having SET_NLS procedure,
> which is equivalent to SQL command ALTER SESSION, but it couldn’t be
> used in Triggers.
>
> Best regards,
> Sajid
>
>
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