Use Of OracleGlobalization in c#

Question

Hi
I try to change the DateFormat of my session in a C# application.
I have the code below :
OracleGlobalization oraGlob = cnx.GetSessionInfo();
oraGlob.DateFormat = "YYYY/MM/DD HH24:MI:SS";
cnx.SetSessionInfo(oraGlob);
And it doesn't work. Even if i don't change anything in the session (don't put the DateFormat line), it doesn't work too.
The message is : "Exception System.FormatException in mscorlib.dll"
Format of entry string is not correct"
Thanks if someone has an idea.

Answer 1

It seems something is wrong with your .Net configuration.
Would you double check if at least a very simple C# program works in your environment? If it works, then try the globalization example code found in the "Oracle Data Provider for .Net" help? It is found at:
- Oracle Data Provider for .Net
- Features of Oracle Data Provider for .Net
- Globalization Support
- Section "Session Globalization Settings"
This example does exactly same thing as yours does. And here is the code:
// C#
using System;
using Oracle.DataAccess.Client;
class SessionGlobalizationSample
static void Main()
OracleConnection con = new OracleConnection();
con.ConnectionString = "User Id=scott;Password=tiger;Data Source=oracle;";
con.Open();
OracleGlobalization SessionGlob = con.GetSessionInfo();
// SetSessionInfo updates the Session with the new value
SessionGlob.DateFormat = "YYYY/MM/DD";
con.SetSessionInfo(SessionGlob);
Console.WriteLine("Date Format successfully changed for the session");
// Close and Dispose OracleConnection object
con.Close();
con.Dispose();