Path: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!pd2nf1so.cg.shawcable.net!residential.shaw.ca!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-01!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: Sybrand Bakker Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.misc Subject: Re: ora-12705, NLS error Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 17:13:36 +0200 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: Reply-To: postbus@sybrandb.demon.nl References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Lines: 29 Xref: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com comp.databases.oracle.misc:130377 On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 16:02:14 +0200, "Gab" wrote: >Hi > >First, scuse my english, I'm a litle frenchy. :-p > >what is NLS ? > >I have an NLS error and ignore how to repare it ... if someone can help me >... > >have a nice day. :) > >GAB. > National Language Support Several environment variables (Unixes) or registry variables (winblows) govern which language you use. The registry variables are living in the HKEY\LOCAL_MACHINE\software\oracle hive. v$nls_valid_values and the documentation tell which values are possible. The error is telling one of those variables has an invalid value Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA To reply remove -verwijderdit from my e-mail address