In Oracle Database, we can use the TO_CHAR(datetime) function to return the various date parts from a datetime value, including the short day name.
The short day name is also referred to as the abbreviated day name. In any case, below are examples of returning the short day name from a date value in Oracle.
Below is a list of territories that are supported by Oracle Database. These can be used when setting the NLS_TERRITORY initialization parameter.
In SQL Server, you can use the ALTER LOGIN statement to change the default language for a specific login.
Doing this will ensure that whenever that login connects to SQL Server, all date/time formats and system messages are presented in the correct format and language.
When getting the day and/or month name from a date in Oracle, you may want to return it in uppercase, lowercase, or title case.
Fortunately, this is easy to do. The result reflects the capitalisation of your format model.
In Oracle Database, the JSON_OBJECTAGG() function creates a JSON object from a key-value pair.
Typically, the property key, the property value, or both are columns of SQL expressions.
When using SQLcl to query Oracle Database, you can use the SET SQLFORMAT command to determine the format of the results.
You can also use inline comments to specify the format from directly within your query.
In Oracle Database, the JSON_OBJECT() function creates a JSON object from a sequence of key-value pairs or one object type instance.
When using SQLcl with Oracle Database, you can use the SPOOL command to export your query results to a file with an .html extension, and you can set SQLFORMAT to html in order to output the actual query results in HTML format.
In Oracle Database, the JSON_ARRAYAGG() function creates a JSON array from a column of SQL expressions.