Sandra, Would it not be possible to set the environment variable NLS_DATE_FORMAT on each client? Regards Neil Chandler sent from my phone On 21 Feb 2011, at 19:04, Sandra Becker <sbecker6925@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > | using oci 9.2 | using thin > NLS_DATE_FORMAT | Mon DD YYYY HH24:MI:SS | DD-MON-RR > > > Our latest brainstorm produced the following plan: > > 1. Create a new database user to be used by ONLY the piece of the > application that is currently broken. This piece of the app has only 1 > function, a very limited scope. > 2. Create an after logon trigger for the new userid to correctly set the > date format. > 3. Make the necessary application configuration changes to login to the > database with the new userid. > 4. Test, test, test, and test again. > > Does anyone see any problems with this approach or any suggestions? > > -- > Sandy > Transzap, Inc.