Re: Open letter to software developpers.
Date: 8 Dec 1993 16:14:25 +0200
Message-ID: <2e4ng1INN1g5_at_news.ougf.fi>
Michel Lalonde (mla_at_132.203.6.11) wrote:
: Recently I tried to installed SQL*Forms 4.0 and the installation scripts
: for the creation of the database tables bugged. I finaly found that
: there was an instruction that tried to INSERT a value '31-AUG-93'
: into a DATE element. That was the bug... we work in french with a
: different NLS_DATE_FORMAT.
: I know other poeple who had the same problem trying to load demos.
: They had to modify the scripts.
: It should be a common practice for all developpers to insert such
: values in a way that is compatible with all environnement. In the
: exemple above a TO_DATE function should have been used.
: Thanks for the future ...
I couldn't agree more, but since a great deal of development comes from US, I am not expecting much approvement. About all other nationalities handle these things better, because they face the same problems.
Regards, Hessu
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