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Oracle 11.2.0.4 database NLS differences

edited Jul 6, 2017 10:07AM in Database Administration (MOSC) 2 commentsAnswered

Hi !

Some time back, we built an Oracle 11.2.0.4 database on Windows 2012, and during its install, we specified under Character sets that we would set the:

  • Default character set of WE8MSWIN1252
  • Default Language to English
  • Default Territory to Ireland

Examination of the database thereafter shows that the NLS_LANGUAGE and NLS_TERRITORY in the PFILE as correct. However the registry shows the NLS_LANG key as AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8MSWIN1252 which in our view is wrong.

Our users access the database via a mixture of 10g and 11g forms instances also on Windows 2012, and the registries on these servers show the NLS_LANG as ENGLISH_IRELAND.WE8MSWIN1252 which to us is correct. We have had no apparent issues or complaints of dates, character sets or currency symbols being handled incorrectly, and so as to maintain consistency and what we are running generally reflects the correct values, we would like to change the database registry from AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8MSWIN1252 to ENGLISH_IRELAND.WE8MSWIN1252

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