Name
monthname — get name of month from a datetime
Synopsis
              monthname
            (
            | 
                    in 
dt
   datetime
); | 
          
Description
                monthname
   takes a 
datetime
   and returns
    a 
string
   containing name of the month represented by the datetime
Parameters
dt
A datetime .
Return Values
A VARCHAR containing name of the month.
Examples
Example 24.221. Simple example
Get name of current month.
SQL> select monthname(now()); callret VARCHAR _______________________________________________________________________________ October