Re: help with date format !!!! urgent

On 13 juin, 00:50, sybra..._at_hccnet.nl wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:12:06 -0700, News <Contact_..._at_hotmail.com>
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> >On 12 juin, 20:44, sybra..._at_hccnet.nl wrote:
> >> On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:47:04 -0700, News <Contact_..._at_hotmail.com>
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> >> >On 12 juin, 17:20, "fitzjarr..._at_cox.net" <fitzjarr..._at_cox.net> wrote:
> >> >> On Jun 12, 3:48 am, News <Contact_..._at_hotmail.com> wrote:
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> >> >> The only sure way to fix this is to recreate your tables with proper
> >> >> DEFAULT declarations:
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> >> >> CREATE TABLE HR.T (D DATE DEFAULT to_date('0001-01-01','YYYY-MM-
> >> >> DD') NULL);
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> >> >Thanks ! but ..
> >> >it's not my database !! I'm trying to clone Oracle Applications HR
> >> >module database.
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> >> >The Tables are created this way by Oracle !!!!!!
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> >> >and the problem remains : why altering nls-date-format works in
> >> >session level and not in system level in ini.ora ?
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> >> Which problem? Something which is working as designed?
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> >you mean nls-date-format in ini.ora is designed so .. to have no
> >effect ?
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> I know you can't be bothered with reading manuals. If you would have
> done so, this entire thread would have been redundant.
> However, nls_date_format in init<sid>.ora (which you should stop using
> in 9i and higher, and replace by a spfile) applies to code (stored
> procedures) running on the server.
> This setting is *always* overridden by the session NLS_DATE_FORMAT on
> the client. As different clients can use different settings you
> shouldn't rely on a default. You should always specify a format mask.
> And IIRC NLS_DATE_FORMAT can be set as an env var prior to imp.
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I dont know in which manuals you picked up this. This is what all I found

NLS_DATE_FORMAT specifies the default date format to use with the TO_CHAR and TO_DATE functions. The default value of this parameter is determined by NLS_TERRITORY.

The value of this parameter can be any valid date format mask, and the value must be surrounded by double quotation marks. For example:

NLS_DATE_FORMAT = "MM/DD/YYYY" Received on Wed Jun 13 2007 - 16:19:25 CDT