From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
To: Cris Carampa <cris119@operamail.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: setting a non-standard date format for the duration of a session
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 08:19:19 -0700
Message-ID: <200404100819.19580.josh@agliodbs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c50t9n$s8v$1@floppy.pyrenet.fr>
References: <c50t9n$s8v$1@floppy.pyrenet.fr>
Cris,
> I understand I can use the function to_date(s,f) for converting a string
> into a date using a non-standard format.
>
> I'm wondering if there is a way to set a non-standard date format for
> the duration of a session, something like the "ALTER SESSION SET
> NLS_DATE_FORMAT='f'" Oracle statement.
Sort of. See the Docs on "Runtime Configuration" on the GUC variable
"Datestyle".
--
Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco
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