Oracle8(TM)
Getting Started for Windows NT Release 8.0.3 A54894-01 |
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This appendix describes National Language Support (NLS).
Specific topics discussed are:
Oracle8 for Windows NT provides NLS that enables users to interact with the database in their selected language. When you install Oracle8 for Windows NT, you select a language for database messages. Oracle Installer supplies a value for the NLS_LANG parameter based on the language selected.
The NLS_LANG parameter uses the following format:
NLS_LANG = LANGUAGE_TERRITORY.CHARACTER_SET
where:
The default language at installation is American English. If you accept the default language, the following value is supplied for the NLS_LANG parameter:
AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8ISO8859P1
The NLS_LANG parameter is stored in the registry under \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\NLS_LANG.
Additional
Information:
See Oracle8 Server Reference for information on the NLS_LANG parameter and NLS initialization parameters. |
The following table lists the default NLS_LANG values if you select any of these languages during installation of Oracle8 for Windows NT.
To install an additional language:
This method keeps any language support that was previously installed and adds the new language.