Oracle Database - NLS_LANGUAGE parameter

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About

language specifies the language used for displaying Oracle messages, sorting, day names, and month names.

Configuration

NLS_LANGUAGE

NLS_LANGUAGE is a Nls Parameter that define the language and implicitly the parameters:

if they are are not set.

How to

Choose a language for your database

When you create a database, you have to decide what language your data will be stored in. When you create a database, you can specify the territory and code set. The territory and code set may be different from the current operating system settings. If you do not explicitly choose a territory and code set at database creation time, the database will be created using the current locale. When you are choosing a code set, make sure it can encode all the characters in the language you will be using.

Another option is to store data in a Unicode database, which means that you do not have to choose a specific language; Unicode encoding includes characters from almost all of the living languages in the world.

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