Re: How to be able to enter flexible dates in forms 4.5

Try putting
NLS_DATE_FORMAT=DD.MM.YYYY
in your oracle.ini

In article <4f9ubu$ofk_at_berta.dde.dk>, mj_at_dde.dk says...
>
>Hi there
>
>Reading the Developer/ 2000 Forms 4.5 manual gives the impression,
>that using a date format mask say DD.MM.YYYY for some item of
>type date gives some nice user features without having to add any
>special code. F.ex. the user can enter 01011996 (insert or query mode)
>and the form will expand the field content properly to 01.01.1996.
>
>This was a feature back in Forms 3.0. and it works fine then.
>
>Doing this in Forms 4.5 does not seem to work at all. Entering the
>example above 01011996 gives the result 01.11.0096.
>
>Even prefixing the format with FM or FMFX does not help.
>I am running forms version 4.5.6.5.5,
>and NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA_WE8ISO8859P1
>
>Does anybody have similar experiences and hopefully solutions ?
>
>Best wishes - Martin Jensen
Received on Fri Feb 09 1996 - 00:00:00 CET