How to make Oracle 7.3.4.x.x display "DD-MON-YYYY" not "DD-MON-YY"

From: Adrian Harrison <adrianh_at_globalnet.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 15:21:14 GMT
Message-ID: <37208eb2.795313@news.globalnet.co.uk>

I have 2 Oracle 7.3.4.x.x databases, one is personal Oracle and the other Oracle server running on a NT 4 server box.

Although they are supposed to be Y2K compliant whenever I execute a statement like "select sysdate from dual" I get the system date back in "DD-MON-YY" format!

How do I specify that I want it in "DD-MON-YYYY" format. By the way my windows date setting have the year set to "YYYY"

My personal Oracle INITORCL.ORA file contents (don't know if this is of much use but just in case -

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#
# $Header: init.ora 1.2 94/10/18 16:12:36 gdudey Osd<desktop/netware> $ init.ora Copyr (c) 1991
Oracle
#
##############################################################################
# Example INIT.ORA file
#
# This file is provided by Oracle Corporation to help you customize
# your RDBMS installation for your site. Important system parameters
# are discussed, and example settings given.
#
# Some parameter settings are generic to any size installation.
# For parameters that require different values in different size
# installations, three scenarios have been provided: SMALL, MEDIUM
# and LARGE. Any parameter that needs to be tuned according to
# installation size will have three settings, each one commented
# according to installation size.
#
# Use the following table to approximate the SGA size needed for the
# three scenarious provided in this file:
#
# -------Installation/Database Size------
# SMALL MEDIUM LARGE
# Block 2K 4500K 6800K 17000K
# Size 4K 5500K 8800K 21000K
#
# To set up a database that multiple instances will be using, place
# all instance-specific parameters in one file, and then have all
# of these files point to a master file using the IFILE command.
# This way, when you change a public
# parameter, it will automatically change on all instances. This is
# necessary, since all instances must run with the same value for many
# parameters. For example, if you choose to use private rollback segments,
# these must be specified in different files, but since all gc_*
# parameters must be the same on all instances, they should be in one file.
#
# INSTRUCTIONS: Edit this file and the other INIT files it calls for
# your site, either by using the values provided here or by providing
# your own. Then place an IFILE= line into each instance-specific
# INIT file that points at this file.
###############################################################################

db_name = oracle
db_files = 20
control_files = (I:\ORANT\DATABASE\ctl1orcl.ora, I:\ORANT\DATABASE\ctl2orcl.ora)

compatible = 7.3.0.0.0

db_file_multiblock_read_count = 8 # INITIAL
# db_file_multiblock_read_count = 8 # SMALL
# db_file_multiblock_read_count = 16 # MEDIUM
# db_file_multiblock_read_count = 32 # LARGE

db_block_buffers =  200                           # INITIAL


# db_block_buffers = 200                                              # SMALL


# db_block_buffers = 550                                              # MEDIUM


# db_block_buffers = 3200                                             # LARGE



shared_pool_size =  6500000                           # INITIAL


# shared_pool_size = 3500000                                          # SMALL


# shared_pool_size = 6000000                                          # MEDIUM


# shared_pool_size = 9000000                                          # LARGE

log_checkpoint_interval = 10000

processes =  50                                         # INITIAL


# processes = 50                                                      # SMALL


# processes = 100                                                     # MEDIUM


# processes = 200                                                     # LARGE



dml_locks =  100                                         # INITIAL


# dml_locks = 100                                                     # SMALL


# dml_locks = 200                                                     # MEDIUM


# dml_locks = 500                                                     # LARGE



log_buffer =  8192                                       # INITIAL


# log_buffer = 8192                                                   # SMALL


# log_buffer = 32768                                                  # MEDIUM


# log_buffer = 163840                                                 # LARGE



sequence_cache_entries =  10               # INITIAL


# sequence_cache_entries = 10                                         # SMALL


# sequence_cache_entries = 30                                         # MEDIUM


# sequence_cache_entries = 100                                        # LARGE



sequence_cache_hash_buckets =  10     # INITIAL


# sequence_cache_hash_buckets = 10                                    # SMALL


# sequence_cache_hash_buckets = 23                                    # MEDIUM


# sequence_cache_hash_buckets = 89                                    # LARGE





# audit_trail = true            # if you want auditing


# timed_statistics = true       # if you want timed statistics


max_dump_file_size = 10240      # limit trace file size to 5 Meg each



# log_archive_start = true      # if you want automatic archiving

# define directories to store trace and alert files
background_dump_dest=%RDBMS73%\trace
user_dump_dest=%RDBMS73%\trace

db_block_size = 2048

snapshot_refresh_processes = 1

remote_login_passwordfile = shared

text_enable = true

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Any ideas

Thanks

Adrian Harrison Received on Fri Apr 23 1999 - 10:21:14 CDT