Re: Language Settings

Sybrand Bakker wrote:
>
> "Dirk Kiehne" <dirk_at_liberate.com> wrote in message
> news:3B699A16.2206FED2_at_liberate.com...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've been assigned the responsibility of setting up
> > four different systems, each with their own database,
> > in four Asian languages (Sim. Chinese, Trad. Chinese,
> > Korean and Japanese).
> >
> > The Solaris install went fine in each of the languages
> > and I've installed Oracle 8.1.7. I just need a little
> > guidance on creating the databases and the specific
> > environment variables I should use?
> >
> > I'd appreciate any input or a pointer to the doc with
> > the info that I need.
> >
> > -Dirk
>
> The Oracle Server Administrators Manual used to have an NLS appendix.
> As Oracle docs now have a master index it shouldn't be too difficult to find
> NLS_CHARSET or 'national characterset' in it.
> You probably will want to read up on using UTF8, a double byte characterset,
> which encompasses all Asian charactersets, and it's consequences.
>
> Hth,
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

Thanks I found the searchable index, which I hadn't seen before.

It works great.

-Dirk Received on Thu Aug 02 2001 - 19:09:34 CDT