REP-546

Question

Hello,
I'm running AS 10.1.0.4.2 on AIX5.3, I have a report giving error "Terminated with error: REP-546: Value does not match mask 'DD-MON-RR'. ORA-01843: not a valid month REP-0091: Invalid value for parameter 'PAYMENT_DATE'."
This is because I'm not explicitly stating the DATE format within the Forms field, if I do the report will run fine but if I run the same report without explicitly stating the DATE format on another 10.1.0.4.2 install also on AIX 5.3, no error occurs.
Clearly the 2nd Oracle AS install has been altered, I'd just like to know how to configure the reports server to pass 'DD/MM/YYYY' as the default data value, rather than 'DD-MON-RR'.
Thank you in advance, any additional information required please ask.

Answer 1

Thanks for the response.
Selecting the NLS_DATE_FORMAT on both the working instance and the non-working instance brings up the same value as SYSDBA;
SQL> select value from nls_session_parameters where parameter='NLS_DATE_FORMAT';
VALUE
DD/MM/YYYY
Same with NLS_TERRITORY;
SQL> select value from nls_session_parameters where parameter='NLS_TERRITORY';
VALUE
AMERICA
It'd make more sense that the default variable not set would be part of the Application Server or Report Services.