Adding to Howards comments
NLS variables for the Winblows client exist in
hkey\local_machine\software\oracle in the registry
On logon they are read by the client which fires alter session statements.
You might also run into issues because your clients is some 5 or 6 releases
later than your (desupported) database server 8.0.4
Hth
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Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA
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"Howard J. Rogers" <dba_at_hjrdba.com> wrote in message
news:3c6963e1$0$24585$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
> From the doco:
> ORA-12705 invalid or unknown NLS parameter value specified
>
> Cause: There are two possible causes: Either an attempt was made to issue
an
> ALTER SESSION statement with an invalid NLS parameter or value; or the
> NLS_LANG environment variable contains an invalid language, territory, or
> character set.
>
> Action: Check the syntax of the ALTER SESSION command and the NLS
parameter,
> correct the syntax and retry the statement, or specify correct values in
the
> NLS_LANG environment variable. For more information about the syntax of
the
> ALTER SESSION command, see Oracle8i SQL Reference
>
> Make friends with http://technet.oracle.com - it has all the documentation
> for 8i (and 9i, of course).
>
> Regards
> HJR
>
>
> "Annie K." <annie.keslassy_at_amig-group.com> wrote in message
> news:3C6949DD.7090909_at_amig-group.com...
> > I just installed Oracle client 8.1.7 on my nt4workstation pc
> > In net8 assistant I defined a service name=test,sid=orcl,tcp/ip
> > host=server name port=1521.My database is 8.0.4
> > Then I choosed sqlplus :
> > username:scott
> > password:tiger
> > string:test
> > and got error ora-12705:invalid or unknown nls parameter value given,
> > thanks for helping
> >
>
>
Received on Tue Feb 12 2002 - 14:08:15 CST
