Barry Deevey wrote: > > Hello all, > > There is a requirement to install our application at a site that will have > both Oracle (8.1.7) & Unix (AIX 5.1) configured in the French language. > > Can anybody please advise me of anything that I need to be aware of in > relation to the differences between an English & French configuration?? > > Any help is greatly appreciated. > > Best Regards, > > Barry.
o Character sets (likely to be WE8ISO8859P15 in France - accents plus euro character) o Beware of tests on dates, especially if the day matters o Subtle but annoying, numbers. The default decimal character is a comma in France, and you sometimes (although rarely) meet a dot as separator for thousands. Can be a big problem when loading data from external sources - or generating files to be loaded say into Excel. And Oracle error messages in French are totally ununderstandable, even to the French. HTH, Stephane Faroult Oriole Software -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Stephane Faroult INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
