setDateFormat Procedure

This procedure sets the format of the generated dates in the XML document. The syntax of the date format pattern (i.e. the date mask), should conform to the requirements of the java.text.SimpleDateFormat class. Setting the mask to NULL or an empty string results in the use of the default mask, DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLQUERY.setDateFormat (

ctxHdl  IN ctxType, 
mask  IN VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 72-13 shows the parameters of the setDateFormat procedure.

Table 72-13 setDateFormat Procedure Parameters

Parameter	Description
ctxHdl (IN)	The context handle.
mask (IN)	The date mask.