Re: German installation

From: Matthias Gresz <GreMa_at_t-online.de>
Date: 16 Apr 1998 06:57:13 GMT
Message-ID: <6h4a49$gu8$3@news01.btx.dtag.de>

Hi,
1) WE8ISO8859P1
2)nls_territory = Germany
nls_language = German
nls_sort = German_DIN

3) The differences are how upper/lower cases are sorted (first upper then lower, mixed), how umlauts are sorted ASO. GERMAN_DIN is the sorting order used in th phone books of the german telekom.

egiguere_at_m3isystems.com schrieb:
>
> Hi,
>
> Oracle version: 7.3.3.0
> OS version: HP/UX 10.20
>
> I need to install Oracle7 Server in German and I would like
> to know:
>
> 1) What is the most common character set used in Germany? WE8DEC?
> 2) Do I need to set something else than database character set and
> NLS_LANG environement variable?
> 3) What is the difference between NLS_SORT=German,XGerman,German_Din
> and XGerman_Din?
>
> Thank you,
>
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Regards

Matthias Gresz :-) Received on Thu Apr 16 1998 - 01:57:13 CDT