Re: Different date formats between thin and thick clients

  • From: Neil Chandler <neil_chandler@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "sbecker6925@xxxxxxxxx" <sbecker6925@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:29:29 +0000

Sandra,

Would it not be possible to set the environment variable NLS_DATE_FORMAT on 
each client? 

Regards

Neil Chandler
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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.

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