Strange date issue..

Question

Hi Guys,
I am currently on 9206 on the server and using 9201 client from my PC. I get two different results when i execute the statements..
On server on the same database i get :
SQL> select to_char(to_date('15-MAY-2006'),'D') from dual;
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2And when run on my PC via SQL plus to the same database, i get :
SYSTEM@xchdev1> select to_char(to_date('15-MAY-2006'),'D') from dual;
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Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
SYSTEM@xchdev1> Any idea what could be the reason ?
Thanks in advance
G

Answer 1

Not really strange, since this is NLS_TERRITORY dependant, so session config dependant .
Under SQL*Plus from a client machine :
SQL> select to_char(to_date('15-MAY-2006'),'D') from dual;
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SQL> select * from v$nls_parameters where parameter like '%TERR%';
PARAMETER
VALUE
NLS_TERRITORY
FRANCE
SQL> alter session set nls_territory = 'AMERICA';
Session altered.
SQL> select to_char(to_date('15-MAY-2006'),'D') from dual;
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SQL> Under SQL*Plus from server box :
SQL> select to_char(to_date('15-MAY-2006'),'D') from dual;
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SQL> select * from v$nls_parameters;
PARAMETER
VALUE
NLS_LANGUAGE
AMERICAN
NLS_TERRITORY
AMERICA
SQL> alter session set nls_territory = 'FRANCE';
Session altered.
SQL> select to_char(to_date('15-MAY-2006'),'D') from dual;
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1HTH,
Nicolas.