Or look into using a column decorator by providing an implementation of org.displaytag.decorator.ColumnDecorator that will transform your date into a formatted string:
<display:table ... > ... <display:column decorator="...MyDateDecorator" ... /> ... </display:table> Quoting Karl Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I know T-SQL on MS SQL Server has functions that allow for date formatting. > Maybe something similar exists for Oracle. > > Karl > > -----Original Message----- > From: Keith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 1:18 PM > To: Taglibs > Subject: Display Taglib & Dates > > > I just got the Display taglib to try and make some of my job a little easier. > Things > seemed to be going good til I ran across the problem of a date field. I'm > pulling from an > Oracle database, so the following query: > > <sql:query var="projects"> > SELECT a.project_id, > a.project_name, > a.kickoff_date > FROM project_main a > ORDER BY project_id DESC > </sql:query> > > returns something like this: > > 10016 > Project1234 > 2004-07-15 00:00:00.0 > > I'd like to format the date field to look like this: 15-Jul-2004 > Before, I just used the <fmt:formatDate> tag, but I'm at a loss for how to > use it in > conjuction with the display taglib. I tried using the TO_CHAR function in the > database > query to format my date beforehand, but then it doesn't return any date > information at > all. Any help? > > Keith -- Kris Schneider <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> D.O.Tech <http://www.dotech.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
