Comments on: Retrieving the values for domains in SQL queries in the Oracle RDBMS – months, days, numbers and custom value sets http://technology.amis.nl/2010/12/24/retrieving-the-values-for-domains-in-sql-queries-in-the-oracle-rdbms-months-days-numbers-and-custom-value-sets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=retrieving-the-values-for-domains-in-sql-queries-in-the-oracle-rdbms-months-days-numbers-and-custom-value-sets Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:04:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Anton Scheffer http://technology.amis.nl/2010/12/24/retrieving-the-values-for-domains-in-sql-queries-in-the-oracle-rdbms-months-days-numbers-and-custom-value-sets/#comment-6443 Anton Scheffer Fri, 24 Dec 2010 14:29:36 +0000 http://technology.amis.nl/blog/?p=9577#comment-6443 It isn’t necessary to append day an your to get the name of a month:
ANTON@XE>select to_char( to_date( rownum, ‘MM’ ), ‘Mon Month’ ) mon
  2  from dual connect by rownum <= 12;
MON
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Jan January
Feb February
Mar March
Apr April
May May
Jun June
Jul July
Aug August
Sep September
Oct October
Nov November
Dec December
12 rows selected.

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