Rachel, The Unix server generally looks for the character set AMERICAN_AMERICA.UTF8 unless you specify it explicitly otherwise by setting the environmental variable before the installation commences.
Samir Samir Sarkar Oracle DBA SchlumbergerSema Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone : +44 (0) 115 - 957 6028 EPABX : +44 (0) 115 - 957 6418 Ext. 76028 Fax : +44 (0) 115 - 957 6018 -----Original Message----- Sent: 27 August 2002 16:48 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Ron, You were dead on correct (send me your snail mail address offlist and I'll send you a signed copy of Oracle9i DBA 101) Anjo, you were right too but you already have, or should be getting, a copy of the book. I'll buy you a beer at the next conference :) Very strange. I was loading ON the server itself, not from my client. Database is 9.2, my client on my PC is 8.1.7. The load worked from my PC but not from the server. The pertinent default NLS parameters, from NLS_DATABASE_PARAMETERS, when I do NOT set NLS_LANG are PARAMETER VALUE ------------------------------ ---------------------------------------- NLS_LANGUAGE AMERICAN NLS_TERRITORY AMERICA NLS_CHARACTERSET WE8ISO8859P1 NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET AL16UTF16 NLS_RDBMS_VERSION 9.2.0.1.0 which looks right but the load doesn't work. When I set the Unix environment variable NLS_LANG to AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8ISO8859P1, the load works properly. Anyone want to explain THAT to me? and the docs are, as usual, clear as mud. I figured it out with the hints from Ron and Anjo and testing inserts from my PC and the server directly. Hope this helps some other poor soul in the future! Rachel --- Ron Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Make sure your environment NLS_LANG matches how the data is encoded > in your flat file. > > Also, does the database characterset handle whatever special > characters you are trying to import? > > Ron Thomas > Hypercom, Inc > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > If A = B and B = C, then A = C, except where void or prohibited by > law. -- Roy Santoro > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 08/26/02 02:41 PM cc: > > Please respond to Subject: sql loader > control file help > ORACLE-L > > > > > > > > > > I am not, by any means, a SQL*Loader expert (Jonathan, I keep meaning > to get your book!) > > Here's the thing: > > I have a flat file with character data that includes special > characters > (like accents and diacritical marks over letters). When I load the > data > in using SQL*Loader, the special characters disappear and are > replaced > by the letter (so Dvorák goes on as Dvorak). > > How can I get the data in as it should be? I've been reading and will > continue to read the fine manual, but I'm not finding this... > > Help! > > Rachel > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > http://finance.yahoo.com > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Rachel Carmichael > 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: Ron Thomas > 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). __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Rachel Carmichael 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). _________________________________________________________ This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of SchlumbergerSema. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the SchlumbergerSema Helpdesk by telephone on +44 (0) 121 627 5600. _________________________________________________________ -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: SARKAR, Samir 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).
