I have seen forms do this all the time, i.e. without actually issuing the 'alter session ...' command, you can see they being done. I think it must be something to do with sqlnet.
Have you tried it yet? Raj ______________________________________________________ Rajendra Jamadagni MIS, ESPN Inc. Rajendra dot Jamadagni at ESPN dot com Any opinion expressed here is personal and doesn't reflect that of ESPN Inc. QOTD: Any clod can have facts, but having an opinion is an art! -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 2:07 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I suppose that would work if an alter session is used but what if the client is simply set up to use a different character set, for example if NLS_LANG is set to something other than the database character set. export NLS_LANG=Blah sqlplus foo/bar Now what character set is being used? I presume "Blah". Ethan Post (972) 577-6552 [EMAIL PROTECTED] perotdba (AIM), epost1 (Yahoo) -------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 12:36 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L SELECT SUBSTR(sql_text, 1, 2000) FROM sys.V_$OPEN_CURSOR WHERE UPPER (sql_text) LIKE 'ALTER SESSION%' with appropriate sid. Raj ______________________________________________________ Rajendra Jamadagni MIS, ESPN Inc. Rajendra dot Jamadagni at ESPN dot com Any opinion expressed here is personal and doesn't reflect that of ESPN Inc. QOTD: Any clod can have facts, but having an opinion is an art! -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Post, Ethan 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).
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