January 31, 2017

Change the Output Format of a Date with TO_DATE

January 31, 2017 3:01 pm

If you’re working with DATE fields in Oracle, and select this data, you’ll see the dates in the default output format. Depending on your location, the default date format could be DD-MON-YYYY or something similar. If you want to display dates in a different format, use the Oracle TO_DATE function.

Python 3.6 May be the Tipping Point

January 31, 2017 2:01 am

Python is a major programming language, eco-system and community. It is influential in numerous domains: scientific computing, Web applications, DevOps, education. It is being used extensively by prominent companies and by hobbyists. But, the Python 2/Python 3 dichotomy caused a lot of frustration for large swaths of the community. I