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  1. #1
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    Hello friends!

    Happy New Year first of all!
    I bumped into a problem after installing Oracle8.1.6i on my machine - everything looks fine, but when I connect to my db with SQL*Plus, and execute a command, all system and error messages appear as rubbish. I seems like a problme with the charset or font configuration but I have no idea how to solve it. My system is Win NT 4.0/ English(US) Default.

    Thank you very much for your messages.


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    what kind of error message?

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    Hi.

    Well, all system and error messages appear as rubbish - for example, I enter SLECT * FROM table1;

    Error message that is returned by database is unreadable -
    asdkfjklasd@$%$%%34 %!@$%1234 or smth like that. I guess it is a charset problem, but how to solve it ?

    Please, give me some hints.

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    CHECK NLS_LANG in REGSITRY

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    Go to DOS command prompt and log in to svrmgr with connect internal and type 'show parameter nls' and see what NLS_PARM options you have choosen for your database...

    Check NLS_LANG parameter in the registry under /HKEY_LOCALMACHINE/SOFTWARE/ORACLE. It should be 'AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8ISO8859P1'




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    Do you mean system registry or oracle properties?

    I've looked for NLS settings using regedit
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SYSTEM -> ControlSet...
    but i couldn't figure out what registry entry to change.



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    we mean windows registry and under the entry sreddy suggested, if there isnt one add it manually.

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    Thank you very much, I will try your suggestions.

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    Thanks Friends!
    You suggestion is perfect, it solved the problem.

    Have a nice holiday!

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