Index

A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P R S T U W

A

accessing the database server, 4.1

Albany WT J font, 2.3.2

ALTER SESSION statement

in monolingual applications, 2.2.3

in multilingual applications, 2.2.3

Apache::Util module, 3.5.3

B

BC4J, configuring for multilingual support, 5.9

bidirectional languages

formatting HTML pages, 3.6

C

cascading style sheets, 3.6

C/C++

database access, 4.5

translatable strings, 3.7.4

C/C++ runtime, configuring, 5.2.4.5

CHAR datatypes, 5.10

character set, definition, 1.2.2

CharEncoding attribute, 3.3.1

charset argument, 3.5.2

charset parameter, 3.2.1.2

configuring NLS_LANG

in Oracle HTTP Server files, 5.2.2

on Windows platforms, 5.2.2

configuring Oracle HTTP Server for multilingual support, 5.2

configuring OracleAS Portal for multilingual support, 5.3

configuring the NLS_LANG environment variable, 5.2.2

Content-Type HTTP header, 3.2.1.1

CREATE DATABASE statement, 5.10

D

database

centralized, 4.1

configuring, 4.1

database access

C/C++, 4.5

Java, 4.1

JDBC, 4.2

multilingual non-Java applications, 4.1

OCI API, 4.5.1

Perl, 4.4

PL/SQL, 4.3

World-of-Books demo, 6.10

database character set

setting in the CREATE DATABASE statement, 5.10

database server

accessing, 4.1

demo

See World-of-Books demo, 6.1

Discoverer

configuring Java Plus for multilingual support, 5.8

doGet() function, 3.2.2

E

encoding

UTF-16, 4.1

UTF-32, 4.1

UTF-8, 4.1

encoding HTML pages, 3.2

encoding URLs, 3.5

Java, 3.5.1

Perl, 3.5.3

PL/SQL, 3.5.2

World-of-Books demo, 6.8

entities

named and numbered, 3.3

ESCAPE() function, 3.5.2

escape_uri() function, 3.5.3

F

fonts

specifying in HTML pages, 3.6

Forms Services

configuring for multilingual support, 5.6

locale awareness, 2.3.2

locale awareness in a monolingual application, 2.3.2

locale awareness in a multilingual application, 2.3.2

from_utf8() function, 3.2.4

G

GET requests, 3.3

getDateTimeInstance() method, 2.2.1

getParameter() function, 3.3.1

getWriter() method, 3.2.2

H

HTML form input

encoding, 3.3

Java, 3.3.1

Perl, 3.3.3

PL/SQL, 3.3.2

PL/SQL monolingual applications, 3.3.2

PL/SQL multilingual applications, 3.3.2

World-of-Books demo, 6.7

HTML page encoding

choosing for multilingual applications, 3.2

in PL/SQL and PSPs, monolingual environments, 3.2.3

in PL/SQL and PSPs, multilingual environments, 3.2.3

named and numbered entities, 3.3

specifying, 3.2.1

specifying in Java servlets and Java Server Pages, 3.2.2

specifying in Perl, 3.2.4

specifying in Perl for monolingual applications, 3.2.4

specifying in Perl for multilingual applications, 3.2.4

specifying in PL/SQL and PL/SQL Server Pages, 3.2.3

specifying in the HTML page header, 3.2.1.2

specifying in the HTTP header, 3.2.1.1

World-of-Books demo, 6.6

HTML pages

concatenating strings, 3.7.1

embedding text into images, 3.7.1

fallback mechanism for translation, 3.7.1

formatting in World-of-Books demo, 6.9

formatting to accommodate text in different languages, 3.6

JavaScript code, 3.7.1

organizing content for translation, 3.7

organizing static files for translation, 3.7.2

space for dynamic text, 3.7.1

specifying fonts, 3.6

translatable dynamic content in application schema, 3.7.6

translatable strings in message tables, 3.7.5

translation guidelines, 3.7.1

user interface strings, 3.7.1

HTTP Content-Type header, 3.2.4

HttpServletRequest.getParameter() API, 3.3.1

I

IANA encoding names for commonly used locales, 3.2

J

Java

accessing the database, 4.1

encoding URLs, 3.5.1

HTML form input, 3.3.1

organizing translatable static strings, 3.7.3

Java encoding names for commonly used locales, 3.2

Java Server Pages

specifying HTML page encoding, 3.2.2

Java servlets

specifying HTML page encoding, 3.2.2

JDBC

database access, 4.2

L

LANG environment variable, 5.2.4.1, 5.2.4.1, 5.2.4.5

languages

OracleAS translated languages, A

LC_ALL environment variable, 2.2.2, 5.2.4.1, 5.2.4.1, 5.2.4.5

locale

as ISO standard, 2.1

as Java locale object, 2.1, 2.1

as NLS_LANGUAGE and NLS_TERRITORY parameters, 2.1

as POSIX locale name, 2.1

based on the default ISO locale of the user's browser, 2.1

changing operating system locale, 2.2.2

common representations, 2.1

definition, 1.2.1

determined by user input, 2.1

using user profile information from an LDAP directory server, 2.1

locale awareness

in multilingual Perl and C/C++ applications, 3.2, 3.2

in OracleAS Discoverer applications, 2.3.4

World-of-Books demo, 6.5

determining locale, 6.5.1

localizer methods, 6.5.2

Locale.setDefault() method, 2.2.1

localizer methods, World-of-Books demo, 6.5.2

M

message tables

translatable strings, 3.7.5

mod_jserv runtime for Java, configuring, 5.2.4.1

mod_perl environment, 3.2.4

mod_perl runtime for Perl scripts, configuring, 5.2.4.4

mod_plsql module

datatypes, 3.3.2

HTML form input in monolingual applications, 3.3.2

mod_plsql runtime for PL/SQL and PL/SQL Server Pages, configuring, 5.2.4.3

monolingual applications

advantages, 1.3.1

architecture, 1.3.1

disadvantages, 1.3.1

multilingual applications

advantages, 1.3.2

architecture, 1.3.2

database access with C/C++, 4.5

database access with Perl, 4.4

disadvantages, 1.3.2

HTML form input in Perl, 3.3.3

N

native encodings for commonly used locales, 3.2

native2ascii utility, 3.7.2

NCHAR datatypes, 5.10

NLS_LANG parameter, 2.2.3

configuring, 5.2.2

values for commonly used locales, 5.2.2.1

O

OC4J Java runtime, configuring, 5.2.4.2

OCI API

database access, 4.5.1

Unicode API, 4.5.2

Oracle character set names for commonly used locales, 3.2

OracleAS Discoverer

configuring Java Plus for multilingual support, 5.8

OracleAS Forms Services

configuring for multilingual support, 5.6

locale awareness, 2.3.2

OracleAS Portal

configuring for multilingual support, 5.3, 5.3

OracleAS Reports Services

locale awareness, 2.3.3

P

Perl

database access, 4.4

encoding URLs, 3.5.3

HTML form input, 3.3.3

specifying HTML page encoding, 3.2.4

translatable strings, 3.7.4

PL/SQL

database access, 4.3

encoding URLs, 3.5.2

HTML form input, 3.3.2

PL/SQL and PL/SQL Server Pages

specifying HTML page encoding, 3.2.3

Portal

configuring for multilingual support, 5.3

POSIX locale names, 5.2.4.1

POST requests, 3.3

R

Reports Server

configuring for multilingual support, 5.7

Reports Services

locale awareness, 2.3.3

locale awareness in a multilingual application, 2.3.3

page encoding in HTML output, 3.2.7.2

page encoding in XML output, 3.2.7.3

specifying the page encoding, 3.2.7

runtime default locale, configuring in a monolingual application architecture, 5.2.4

S

schema

translatable content, 3.7.6

Servlet API, 3.3.1

setContentType() method, 3.2.2

setlocale() function

monolingual applications, 2.2.2

multilingual applications, 2.2.2

setting NLS_LANG parameter

in a multilingual application architecture, 5.2.2.1

String.getBytes() method, 2.2.1

String.getBytes(String encoding) method, 2.2.1

strlen() function, 4.5.2

T

text datatypes, 4.5.2

to_utf8() function, 3.3.3

translated languages, A

translation

organizing HTML page content, 3.7

U

Unicode

definition, 1.2.3

Unicode API

database access, 4.5.2

Unicode bind and define

database access, 4.5.3

Unicode data

storing in the database, 5.10

UNICODE::MAPUTF8 Perl module, 3.2.4

url argument, 3.5.2

URLs

encoding, 3.5

encoding in Java, 3.5.1

encoding in Perl, 3.5.3

encoding in PL/SQL, 3.5.2

encoding in World-of-Books demo, 6.8

with embedded query strings, 3.5

utext datatype, 4.5.2, 4.5.3

UTF-16 encoding, 4.1

UTF-32 encoding, 4.1

UTF-8 encoding, 3.3.3, 4.1

for HTML pages, 3.2

limitations with Netscape 4.x browser, 3.2

UTL_URL package, 3.5.2

uvarchar datatype, 4.5.3

W

wcslen() function, 4.5.2

Web Toolkit API, 3.2.3

World-of-Books demo

architecture, 6.2.1

building, 6.4.1

database access, 6.10

deploying, 6.4.2

design, 6.2.2

directory structure, 6.4

encoding URLs, 6.8

formatting HTML pages, 6.9

HTML form input, 6.7

HTML page encoding, 6.6

locale awareness, 6.5

determining locale, 6.5.1

localizer methods, 6.5.2

online help, 6.11.1

organizing HTML content, 6.11

organizing static files, 6.11.1

overview, 6.1

resource bundles, 6.11.2

running, 6.4.3

schema design, 6.2.3

books table, 6.2.3

customers table, 6.2.3

docs table (book content), 6.2.3

searching book contents, 6.5.4

sorting query results, 6.5.3

source file location, 6.4