Re: Oracle 9i on Linux - DB character set

From: Michael Wagner <wagner.m_at_utanet.at>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 21:38:11 +0200
Message-ID: <3b3a3722$0$33642$6e365a64@newsreader02.highway.telekom.at>

Hi,
I think the problem is in the GNU Lib or in the Kernel (i think the Gnu libs). Look what Oracle says.

Note: Oracle9i for Linux is certified on SuSe7.1, Kernel 2.4.4 and the operating system library GNU Lib C 2.2 only. regards

Mike
"Alex" <A_Andriyashchenko_at_yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:7f5a1fd2.0106271135.77a55b28_at_posting.google.com...
> Hello,
>
> I've installed Oracle 9i on Mandrake 8.0 (kernel 2.4.5, glibc 2.2.3)
> box. Unfortunatelly when I tried to create new database I got error
> ORA-12701.
>
> Description on this error says:
> ---------------------------------------------
> ORA-12701 CREATE DATABASE character set is not known
> Cause: The character set specified in the CREATE DATABASE command does
> not exist on the system.
> Action: Refer to your Oracle operating system-specific documentation
> for more information about character sets on the system. Use a valid
> character set in the CREATE DATABASE command.
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> I tried to use several different character sets (US7ASCII,
> WE8ISO8859P1-15) and ALWAYS got this error. But on Solaris 8 all
> character sets are working fine.
>
> How to get know what character sets support by Linux Mandrake 8.0?
>
> Thanks for any assumptions,
> Alex.
Received on Wed Jun 27 2001 - 14:38:11 CDT