Hi, place appropriate NLS_LANG definitions in the Apache startup script (/etc/rc.d/apache ?).
-Stathis. Miguel Carvalho wrote: > > Hi, > > First of all i have searched for this trouble on the news( > groups.google.com); on Oracle docson phpbuilder site; in php general, php > db mailing list's . > > The problem: > > Background info: > PHP version: 4.1.2 > OS: Linux Suse 7 > OCI version: 8 > Database version: 7.x > Database OS: HP/UX > > I need to do a select for a field that is varchar2. > The field contains strings that have some char's like ( &agr; in html á, > &ggr; in html ã). > > The problem is that instead of these nice char's a get a ?. > > This seams to me a PHP/OCI probleam, because if a use SQL Plus 8 ( on a > Windows machine )or other cliente, i get every thing ok. > > What a have tried til now: > > Changing the NLS_LANG env var( with PutEnv in Apache )...no luck. > > The result for: select * from NLS_SESSION_PARAMETRS is the same on the > Windows client and on PHP( i thought that OCI layer was using some defaults > of it's own ). > > The database was created with the right NLS_PARAMETER's ( if it were not, i > couldnt get these char's in SQLPLUS ). > > One more thing....i very new to Oracle....but i have worked with other DBMS > like MSSQL Server, MySQL, Postgres. > > Does any one has seen this before? > Is this a known probleam? > Does any one have any tip to solve this probleam? > > Thank's > Miguel Carvalho > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- +--------------+ |.------------.| || || || Stathis || || Rouvas || || || |+------------+| +-..--------..-+ .--------------. / /============\ \ / /==============\ \ /____________________\ \____________________/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php