NLS_LANG
Default: AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8ISO8859P1
Example:
NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8ISO8859P1
This parameter sets the language in which message files appear. The syntax for NLS_LANG is as follows:
NLS_LANG=<language>_<territory>.<char_set>
where:
- language
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- specifies the language and its conventions for displaying messages
and day and month names.
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- territory
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- specifies the territory and its conventions for calculating week
and day numbers.
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- char_set
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- specifies the character set used for the UPPER, LOWER, and INITCAP
functions, and the type of sort used by an ORDER BY query. This argument also
controls the character set used for displaying messages.