Date fromat in Forms 5.0

Question

Hi !!
Can anyone guide me as to how do I insert the data through the
forms 5.0 to oracle data base in the dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss
format.
The problem is that I need to pass the value of the sysdate to
the last_update_date form variable in the pre-insert trigger.
Now when the form variable accepts the value, it only accepts in
the dd-mon-yyyy format, although the format mask specified for
this variable is DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS only.
I tried to do a work around in a way of selecting the value in
a local variable using to_char and in the required format
like this (this does give the required details of hrs, min,
secs):
SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS') INTO
lv_date_var FROM dual;
and then passing this value as the to_date to the form variable.
like this:
:xx.date_last_modified := TO_DATE(lv_date_var,'DD-MON-YYYY
HH24:MI:SS');
But still it is accepting as dd-mon-yyyy only. And when I view
the value through the form it shows 00:00:00 in the time format.
Any suggestion is welcome,
Shobhit
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Answer 1

Hi Shobhit,
Check whether the field data type which holds the date value is
of type datetime. I think it won't be. If it is not change it to
datetime and the problem will get solved. Let me know if it gets
resolved.
Regards,
Srini.
George Salloum (guest) wrote:
: Dear Shobhit Kumar
: Try changing nls_date_format in init.ora file.
: regards
: george salloum
: Shobhit Kumar (guest) wrote:
: : Hi !!
: : Can anyone guide me as to how do I insert the data through
the
: : forms 5.0 to oracle data base in the dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss
: : format.
: : The problem is that I need to pass the value of the sysdate
: to
: : the last_update_date form variable in the pre-insert trigger.
: : Now when the form variable accepts the value, it only accepts
: in
: : the dd-mon-yyyy format, although the format mask specified
for
: : this variable is DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS only.
: : I tried to do a work around in a way of selecting the value
: in
: : a local variable using to_char and in the required format
: : like this (this does give the required details of hrs, min,
: : secs):
: : SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS') INTO
: : lv_date_var FROM dual;
: : and then passing this value as the to_date to the form
: variable.
: : like this:
: : :xx.date_last_modified := TO_DATE(lv_date_var,'DD-MON-YYYY
: : HH24:MI:SS');
: : But still it is accepting as dd-mon-yyyy only. And when I
: view
: : the value through the form it shows 00:00:00 in the time
: format.
: : Any suggestion is welcome,
: : Shobhit
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