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National Language Support

• NLS_LANG Parameters and Components
• Default Values for NLS_LANG
• NLS Initialization Parameters
• Language, Territory and Character Set Parameter Lists
• Installing Additional Languages

NLS_LANG Parameters and Components

The NLS_LANG parameter uses the following format:

NLS_LANG = language_territory.character_set 

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 Windows NT Registry under: \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\NLS_LANG.

Additional Information See Oracle7 Server Reference for information on the NLS_LANG parameter and NLS initialization parameters.

Default Values for NLS_LANG

NLS Initialization Parameters

• NLS_LANGUAGE

• NLS_TERRITORY

• NLS_SORT

NLS_LANGUAGE

NLS_TERRITORY

Using ALTER SESSION

SRVMGR> ALTER SESSION SET NLS_LANGUAGE = language NLS_TERRITORY = territory 

Additional Information See Oracle7 Server Reference for more information on NLS.

NLS_SORT

Language, Territory and Character Set Parameter Lists

Languages

AMERICAN	ARABIC	BENGALI
BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE	BULGARIAN	CANADIAN FRENCH
CATALAN	CROATIAN	CZECH
DANISH	DUTCH	EGYPTIAN
ENGLISH	ESTONIAN	FINNISH
FRENCH	GERMAN	GERMAN DIN
GREEK	HEBREW	HUNGARIAN
ICELANDIC	INDONESIAN	ITALIAN
JAPANESE	KOREAN	LATIN AMERICAN SPANISH
LATVIAN	LITHUANIAN	MALAY
MEXICAN SPANISH	NORWEGIAN	POLISH
PORTUGUESE	ROMANIAN	RUSSIAN
SIMPLIFIED CHINESE	SLOVAK	SLOVENIAN
SPANISH	SWEDISH	THAI
TRADITIONAL CHINESE	TURKISH	UKRAINIAN
VIETNAMESE

Single-Byte Character Sets

AR8ADOS710	AR8ADOS710T	AR8ADOS720	AR8ADOS720T	AR8APTEC715
AR8APTEC715T	AR8ARABICMAC	AR8ARABICMACS	AR8ARABICMACT	AR8ASMO708PLUS
AR8ASMO8X	AR8HPARABIC8T	AR8ISO8859P6	AR8MSAWIN	AR8MSWIN1256
AR8MUSSAD768	AR8MUSSAD768T	AR8NAFITHA711	AR8NAFITHA711T	AR8NAFITHA721
AR8NAFITHA721T	AR8SAKHR706	AR8SAKHR707	AR8SAKHR707T	BG8MSWIN
BG8PC437S	BLT8CP921	BLT8MSWIN1257	BLT8PC775	BN8BSCII
CDN8PC863	CH7DEC	CL8ISO8859P5	CL8KOI8R	CL8MACCYRILLIC
CL8MACCYRILLICS	CL8MSWIN1251	D7DEC	D7SIEMENS9780X	DK7SIEMENS9780X
E7DEC	E7SIEMENS9780X	EE8ISO8859P2	EE8MACCE	EE8MACCES
EE8MACCROATIAN	EE8MACCROATIANS	EE8MSWIN1250	EE8PC852	EEC8EUROASCI
EEC8EUROPA3	EL8DEC	EL8ISO8859P7	EL8MACGREEK	EL8MACGREEKS
EL8MSWIN1253	EL8PC437S	EL8PC737	EL8PC851	EL8PC869
ET8MSWIN923	F7DEC	F7SIEMENS9780X	HU8ABMOD	HU8CWI2
I7DEC	I7SIEMENS9780X	IN8ISCII	IS8MACICELANDIC	IS8MACICELANDIC
IS8PC861	IW7IS960	IW8ISO8859P8	IW8MACHEBREW	IW8MACHEBREWS
IW8MSWIN1255	IW8PC1507	LA8ISO6937	LA8PASSPORT	LT8MSWIN921
LT8PC772	LT8PC774	LV8PC1117	LV8PC8LR	LV8RST104090
N7SIEMENS9780X	N8PC865	NDK7DEC	NE8ISO8859P10	NEE8ISO8859P4
NL7DEC	RU8BESTA	RU8PC855	RU8PC866	S7DEC
S7SIEMENS9780X	SE8ISO8859P3	SF7ASCII	SF7DEC	TH8MACTHAI
TH8MACTHAIS	TH8TISASCII	TR7DEC	TR8DEC	TR8MACTURKISH
TR8MACTURKISHS	TR8MSWIN1254	TR8PC857	US7ASCII	US8NOOP
US8PC437	VN8VN3	WE8DEC	WE8DG	WE8HP
WE8ISO8859P1	WE8ISO8859P9	WE8ISOICLUK	WE8MACROMAN8	WE8MACROMAN8S
WE8MSWIN1252	WE8NCR4970	WE8NEXTSTEP	WE8PC850	WE8PC860
WE8ROMAN8	YUG7ASCII

Copy the following files from the CD-ROM disc to the ORANT subdirectories indicated in the following table. In the file names, x represents the abbreviation for the desired message language. In the directory names, nn represents the version of the product installed. The language file abbreviations are listed in the Language File Abbreviations table later in this appendix.

Copy from CD-ROM...	To this Directory
DBVx.MSB EXPx.MSB IMPx.MSB MGRx.MSB ULx.MSB LCDx.MSB ORAx.MSB SOSDx.MSB OPWx.MSB	ORANT\RDBMSnn ORANT\RDBMSnn ORANT\RDBMSnn ORANT\RDBMSnn ORANT\RDBMSnn ORANT\RDBMSnn ORANT\RDBMSnn ORANT\RDBMSnn ORANT\RDBMSnn
NCRx.MSB NLx.MSB NLTx.MSB NMPx.MSB NMRx.MSB NMSx.MSB NNCx.MSB NNFx.MSB NNLx.MSB NPLx.MSB OSNx.MSB SNLx.MSB TNSx.MSB	ORANT\DBS ORANT\DBS ORANT\DBS ORANT\DBS ORANT\DBS ORANT\DBS ORANT\DBS ORANT\DBS ORANT\DBS ORANT\DBS ORANT\DBS ORANT\DBS ORANT\DBS
PCMx.MSB PLSx.MSB PXx.MSB	ORANT\PLSQLnn ORANT\PLSQLnn ORANT\PLSQLnn
SQLx.MSB	ORANT\PROnn
SPWx.MSB	ORANT\PLUSnn
EPCx.MSB	ORANT\OTRACEnn

Language	Abbreviation
AMERICAN	US
ARABIC	AR
BENGALI	BN
BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE	PTB
BULGARIAN	BG
CANADIAN FRENCH	FRC
CATALAN	CA
CROATIAN	HR
CZECH	CS
DANISH	DK
DUTCH	NL
EGYPTIAN	EG
ENGLISH	GB
ESTONIAN	ET
FINNISH	SF
FRENCH	F
GERMAN	D
GERMAN DIN	DIN
GREEK	EL
HEBREW	IW
HUNGARIAN	HU
ICELANDIC	IS
INDONESIAN	IN
ITALIAN	I
JAPANESE	JA
KOREAN	KO
LATIN AMERICAN SPANISH	ESA
LATVIAN	LV
LITHUANIAN	LT
MALAY	MS
MEXICAN SPANISH	ESM
NORWEGIAN	N
POLISH	PL
PORTUGUESE	PT
ROMANIAN	RO
RUSSIAN	RU
SIMPLIFIED CHINESE	ZHS
SLOVAK	SK
SLOVENIAN	SL
SPANISH	E
SWEDISH	S
THAI	TH
TRADITIONAL CHINESE	ZHT
TURKISH	TR
UKRAINIAN	UK
VIETNAMESE	VN

Language File Abbreviations

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