Changing the date_format in Oracle9i

I need to change the date format of my DB Oracle9i .I added the parameter in the initsid.ora file and created the spfile from pfile.Did an oracle shut-start.
It shows the required format as
SQL> sho parameter nls_date_for
NAME TYPE VALUE
nls_date_format string DD-MON-YYYY
But it still shows the old format when i login to the instance.
SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon Sep 8 16:32:18 2008
Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options
JServer Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
SQL> select sysdate from dual;
SYSDATE
+08/09/2008+
Please anyone suggest what can be done.

I changed the format to 'MM-DD-YYYY' also in the init file and did db shut-start as
SQL> conn sys as sysdba
Enter password:
Connected.
SQL> shutdown immediate
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL>
SQL> startup nomount pfile='/GSC/system/oracle/OraHome1/dbs/initgsc.ora'
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 639075872 bytes
Fixed Size                   730656 bytes
Variable Size             603979776 bytes
Database Buffers           33554432 bytes
Redo Buffers                 811008 bytes
SQL> create spfile from pfile;
File created.
SQL> shutdown immediate
ORA-01507: database not mounted
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL> startup
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 639075872 bytes
Fixed Size                   730656 bytes
Variable Size             603979776 bytes
Database Buffers           33554432 bytes
Redo Buffers                 811008 bytes
Database mounted.
Database opened.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> select sysdate from dual;
SYSDATE
+09-09-2008+
Seems like working fine...:) But
when i login to instance i stilll get the old format :(
+$ sqlplus fincub/fincub+
SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production on Tue Sep 9 14:51:55 2008
Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options
JServer Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
SQL> select sysdate from dual;
SYSDATE
+09/09/2008+
Is there something else that i have to do so it works for all my users.
thanks & regards,
shiva

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For the PDF vs ePub - No, that's the way PDFs work (think of them as graphics, not text), wheres ePubs are Web Pages - so no you can't them to behave exactly alike without converting the files.

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