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NLS_LANG Registry entry - effect

edited Jul 1, 2015 10:01AM in Database Administration (MOSC) 2 commentsAnswered

Which mechanism in an Oracle 11g (11.2.0.4) installation sets the NLS_LANG variable in the registry?

I had the effect that I got ORA-01722 when using an OCI program on a databse that had this parameter set to

NLS_LANG=GERMAN_GERMANY.WE8MSWIN1252.


Setting the parameter as an Environmentvariable temporarily to

set NLS_LANG=ENGLISH_UNITED KINGDOM.WE8MSWIN1252

helped.

But I'm wondering whether there would be  any side effects that setting this parameter in a database would have?

And would changing only this parameter in the registry (Windows 2012 R12 server) from ENGLISH_UNITED KINGDOM.AL32UTF8

to GERMAN_GERMANY.WE8MSWIN1252

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