Re: UNICODE with Oracle 8.17 on Linux

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 20:22:55 +0200
Message-ID: <tc1mg26umt9441@beta-news.demon.nl>

"Sabine.Buechel" <Sabine.Buechel_at_innosystec.de> wrote in message news:99q04b$130$03$1_at_news.t-online.com...
> Hope someone can give me advice.
> We installed an Oracle(8.17) Server on our Linux Server.
> Have Language Libraries imported. Our Translate Executable does not show
the
> correct font.
> Whats the problem here? We defined "NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.UTF8".
> Is there still something left to do on our machine for working properly?
> Maybe it is not the correct key NLS_LANG for working on Linux.
> Waiting for your reply
> Sabine
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NLS and NLS_LANG are platform independent. If the O/S supports it, Oracle will provide the correct characters.
Question: did you define the correct Linux locale-related environment variables?

Hth,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA Received on Tue Mar 27 2001 - 12:22:55 CST