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B Oracle Database Client Globalization Support

This appendix describes Globalization Support topics. This appendix contains these topics: About NLS_LANG Parameters Commonly Used Values for NLS_LANG NLS_LANG Settings in MS-DOS Mode and Batch Mode

B.1 About NLS_LANG Parameters

Oracle provides Globalization Support that enables users to interact with a database in their own language, as defined by the N S L N parameter. When you install Oracle Database Client components, Oracle Universal L_AG Installer sets the N S L N parameter in the registry. L_AG The locale setting of your operating system determines the value of the N S L N parameter at installation. Table L_AG B-1 lists the operating system locale and N S L N value mappings. L_AG The N S L N parameter is stored in the registry under the L_AG
H E _ O A _ A H N \ O T A E O A L \ O E D N S L N subkey, KYLCLMCIESFWR\RCEHMI\L_AG

where I is the unique number D

identifying the Oracle home. The N S L N parameter uses the following format: L_AG
NSLN =LNUG_ERTR.HRCE_E L_AG AGAETRIOYCAATRST

where: Parameter
LNUG AGAE TRIOY ERTR

Description Specifies the language and conventions for displaying messages, day name, and month name. Specifies the territory and conventions for calculating week and day numbers.
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C A A T R S T Controls the character set used HRCE_E

for displaying messages.

See Also: Oracle Database Platform Guide for Windows for more information on the subkey locations for multiple Oracle homes Oracle Database Globalization Support Guide for information on the N S L N parameter and Globalization Support initialization parameters L_AG

B.2 Commonly Used Values for NLS_LANG

Table B-1 lists commonly used N S L N values for various operating system locales: L_AG Table B-1 NLS_LANG Parameter Values Operating System Locale Arabic (U.A.E.) Bulgarian Catalan Chinese (PRC) Chinese (Taiwan) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch (Netherlands) English (United Kingdom) English (United States) Estonian Finnish French (Canada) French (France) German (Germany) Greek Hebrew
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AAI_NTDAA EIAE.RMWN26 RBCUIE RB MRTSA8SI15 BLAINBLAI.LMWN21 UGRA_UGRAC8SI15 CTLNCTLNAW8SI15 AAA_AAOI.EMWN22 SMLFE CIEECIAZS6B IPIID HNS_HN.H1GK TAIINLCIEETIA.H1MWN5 RDTOA HNS_AWNZT6SI90 COTA_RAI.EMWN20 RAINCOTAE8SI15 CEHCEHRPBI.EMWN20 ZC_ZC EULCE8SI15 DNS_EMR.EMWN22 AIHDNAKW8SI15 DTHTENTELNSW8SI15 UC_H EHRAD.EMWN22 EGIHUIE KNDMW8SI15 NLS_NTD IGO.EMWN22 AEIA_MRC.EMWN22 MRCNAEIAW8SI15 ETNA_SOI.L8SI15 SOINETNABTMWN27 FNIHFNADW8SI15 INS_ILN.EMWN22 CNDA FEC_AAAW8SI15 AAIN RNHCND.EMWN22 FEC_RNEW8SI15 RNHFAC.EMWN22 GRA_EMN.EMWN22 EMNGRAYW8SI15 GEKGEC.LMWN23 RE_REEE8SI15 HBE_SALI8SI15 ERWIRE.WMWN25
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Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Italian (Italy) Japanese Korean Latvian Lithuanian Norwegian Polish Portuguese (Brazil) Portuguese (Portugal) Romanian Russian Slovak Spanish (Spain) Swedish Thai Spanish (Mexico) Spanish (Venezuela) Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese

HNAINHNAYE8SI15 UGRA_UGR.EMWN20 IEADCIEADW8SI15 CLNI_CLN.EMWN22 IDNSA_NOEI.EMWN22 NOEINIDNSAW8SI15 IAINIAYW8SI15 TLA_TL.EMWN22 JPNS_AA.A6JS AAEEJPNJ1SI KRA_OE.O6SI99 OENKRAK1MWN4 LTINLTI.L8SI15 AVA_AVABTMWN27 LTUNA_IHAI.L8SI15 IHAINLTUNABTMWN27 NREINNRA.EMWN22 OWGA_OWYW8SI15 PLS_OADE8SI15 OIHPLN.EMWN20 BAIINPRUUS_RZLW8SI15 RZLA OTGEEBAI.EMWN22 PRUUS_OTGLW8SI15 OTGEEPRUA.EMWN22 RMNA_OAI.EMWN20 OAINRMNAE8SI15 RSINCSC8SI15 USA_I.LMWN21 SOA_LVKAE8SI15 LVKSOAI.EMWN20 SAIHSANW8SI15 PNS_PI.EMWN22 SEIHSEE.EMWN22 WDS_WDNW8SI15 TA_HIADT8IACI HITALN.HTSSI MXCNSAIHMXC.EMWN22 EIA PNS_EIOW8SI15 LTNAEIA SAIHVNZEAW8SI15 AI MRCN PNS_EEUL.EMWN22 TRIHTRE.RMWN24 UKS_UKYT8SI15 URIINURIEC8SI15 KANA_KAN.LMWN21 VENMS_ITA.NMWN28 ITAEEVENMV8SI15

B.3 NLS_LANG Settings in MS-DOS Mode and Batch Mode

Before you can use Oracle utilities such as SQL*Plus, SQL Loader, Import, and Export in MS-DOS mode, make sure that you have set the character set field of the N S L N parameter for the session to the correct L_AG value. This is required because MS-DOS mode uses, with a few exceptions, a different character set (or code-page) from Windows (ANSI code-page), and the default Oracle home N S L N parameter in the registry is always L_AG set to the appropriate Windows code-page. If you do not set the N S L N parameter for the MS-DOS mode L_AG session correctly, incorrect character conversion can corrupt error messages and data. For Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese, the MS-DOS code-page is identical to the ANSI code-page. In this case, you do not need to set the N S L N parameter in MS-DOS mode. L_AG
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Similarly, in batch mode, set the correct character set value of N S L N by inserting a S TN S L N L_AG E L_AG command at the start of the batch procedure, according to the character set of the files to be processed in the procedure. Table B-2 lists the Oracle character sets that correspond to the MS-DOS mode for various operating system locales: Table B-2 Oracle Character Sets for Operating System Locales Operating System Locale Catalan Chinese (PRC) Chinese (Taiwan) Czech Danish Dutch English (United Kingdom) English (United States) Finnish French German Greek Hungarian Italian Japanese Korean Norwegian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Turkish
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W8C5 EP80 ZS6B H1GK ZT6SI90 H1MWN5 E8C5 EP82 W8C5 EP80 W8C5 EP80 W8C5 EP80 U8C3 SP47 W8C5 EP80 W8C5 EP80 W8C5 EP80 E8C3 LP77 E8C5 EP82 W8C5 EP80 J1SI A6JS K1MWN4 O6SI99 W8C5 EP80 E8C5 EP82 W8C5 EP80 E8C5 EP82 R8C6 UP86 E8C5 EP82 E8C5 EP82 W8C5 EP80 W8C5 EP80 T8C5 RP87 W8C5 EP80
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Catalan

See Also: " Globalization Support in the Directory" in Oracle Internet Directory Administrator's Guide for Oracle Internet Directory Globalization Support issues and required N S L N environment variables for the various components and tools in an Oracle L_AG Internet Directory environment

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