Do you have yyyymmdd set on the server and are accessing it through a client? dd-MON-yy is probably set at the client which overrides the server if the NLS_LANG parameter is set. For windows clients look in the registry in HKLM\Software\Oracle for the string NLS_DATE_FORMAT.
HTH
- Paul
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From: Shevtsov, Eduard [mailto:EShevtsov_at_flagship.ru]
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 2:21 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: Re: character set of a database
Thank Ruth,
but it's already Saturday for me :-)
Have a look at sys.props$
Regards,
Ed
> Happy Friday all,
>
> Where can you find the characterset of a database?
>
> Also, why if you have the nls_date_format=yyyyddmm and query a date field
in
> sqlplus it gives the date as dd-MON-yy?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Ruth
>
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