Hi, Perry,

I would do it thus:

1. Get the date formated the way I want (dd-MMM-yy HH:MM:SS A.M. in your 
case) and store it in a variable.
2. Open the SQL connection with sql:connect (make sure you get the right 
driver value).
3. Do the insertion with sql:insert and sql:column, grabbing the contents 
of that variable along the way.
4. Close the SQL connection with sql:close.

I've populated tables this way with the Saxon SQL extension.

Also, if you are using Saxon 8, you can use the XSLT 2.0 format-date 
function.

The Saxon 8b distribution (the open source one) has an example of how to 
use the SQL extensions. I don't know if the other distributions (such as 
the new 6.5.4 version) have that example, but perhaps they do.

HTH

Jay Bryant
Bryant Communication Services
(presently consulting at Synergistics Solution Technologies)




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 Saxon SQL extension and Oracle Date format






Hello,

Not quite sure if this is the correct list for this question but here 
goes:

Does anyone know how to use the Saxon sql extension to insert a datetime 
value into date field into an Oracle 8 database using the default Oracle 
date format of dd-MMM-yy HH:MM:SS A.M.? (or any other date format for 
that matter).

Thanks,

Perry