I have a CGI application that runs on various servers and I am supporting various databases using DBI & DBD::(mySQL, ODBC, Oracle etc.) My biggest issue at this point is handling Oracle dates properly (or at least the way Oracle wants them), so far about the best solution is something like this in my database module:

    
if ( lc($self->{'config'}->db_driver) eq 'oracle' )
   {
   my $APrev = "ALTER SESSION SET NLS_DATE_FORMAT = 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:M
+I:SS'";
   $self->execute_sql($APrev);
   }

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this gets Oracle into a "predictable" mode for handling dates. There is a built-in function call (todate) that I have yet to figure out how to access using DBD::Oracle. Does anyone have any better suggestions or knowledge of a Perl module that could parse or create SQL statements that handles these date variances properly?

g_White
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In reply to Oracle Dates DBD by gwhite

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