sql - Get month name from date in Oracle

Question

How to fetch month name from a given date in Oracle?

If the given date is '15-11-2010' then I want November from this date.

Answer 1

select to_char(sysdate, 'Month') from dual

in your example will be:

select to_char(to_date('15-11-2010', 'DD-MM-YYYY'), 'Month') from dual