John, I think you're confusing "characterset" with "language"; you can pack a lot of languages into the WE8ISO8859P1 or P15 charactersets! I think the P15 is new for including the euro character, by the way...?
Look in the view NLS_INSTANCE_PARAMETERS for a list of the configurable NLS initialization parameter settings that are current. The view NLS_DATABASE_SETTINGS is a little more extensive, including settings such as CHARACTERSET which are set using CREATE/ALTER DATABASE in addition to those configurable by initialization parameters (shown in NLS_INSTANCE_PARAMETERS)... All of the NLS parameters in NLS_INSTANCE_PARAMETERS can be changed with ALTER SESSION for testing, but they can't be changed globally using ALTER SYSTEM; requires the instance to be "bounced". Most Oracle releases have a separate "NLS" reference manual (http://docs.oracle.com) for more info... Hope this helps... -Tim ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 3:38 AM > We have a AIX server with Oracle 8.1.7 installed. The language is set to > ISO8859-1 English US. > > We want to change the language to French for testing purposes. > > Do we need to re-install Oracle? > > John > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: John Dunn > 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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Tim Gorman 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).
