It should be noted that this only alters a character set that is a *SUBSET* of the current character set. You cannot do something like change from a Russian character set to a Japanese one for instance.
There is a document that provides a compatibility matrix - something like "Oracle National Language Guide" that should be easy to find on OTN. HTH Mark -----Original Message----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 May 2002 14:28 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I think in 8i there is a command for altering characterset. Look in docu for alter database or alter instance. You should be careful when doing this. regards Volker Schoen E-Mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.inplan.de -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Jack van Zanen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet: Thursday, May 23, 2002 2:38 PM An: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Betreff: RE: Installing an app on a French configured server Hi Character set is choosen at database creation time (create database statement). It can not be changed later unless export recreate import is an option Jack John Dunn <john.dunn@sefas. To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> co.uk> cc: (bcc: Jack van Zanen/nlzanen1/External/MEY/NL) Sent by: Subject: RE: Installing an app on a French configured server [EMAIL PROTECTED] 23-05-2002 13:28 Please respond to ORACLE-L Stephane How do we make the character set French?(WE8ISO8859P15) on our test database? (Oracle 8.1.7 Enterprise Edition running on AIX 4.3.3?). Is this something that has to be done when installing Oracle, or when creating the database(SID)? If so, how do we specify that we want this character set? Or can we change an existing installation or database? Any assistance appreciated John Dunn > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephane Faroult [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 16 May 2002 21:24 > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: Re: Installing an app on a French configured server > > Barry Deevey wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > There is a requirement to install our application at a site that will > have > > both Oracle (8.1.7) & Unix (AIX 5.1) configured in the French language. > > > > Can anybody please advise me of anything that I need to be aware of in > > relation to the differences between an English & French configuration?? > > > > Any help is greatly appreciated. > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Barry. > > o Character sets (likely to be WE8ISO8859P15 in France - accents plus > euro character) > o Beware of tests on dates, especially if the day matters > o Subtle but annoying, numbers. The default decimal character is a comma > in France, and you sometimes (although rarely) meet a dot as separator > for thousands. Can be a big problem when loading data from external > sources - or generating files to be loaded say into Excel. > > And Oracle error messages in French are totally ununderstandable, even > to the French. > > HTH, > > Stephane Faroult > Oriole Software > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Stephane Faroult > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). 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