globalization / cyrillic sign in database
With the problem to store cyrillic sign in the database and display these on the client, I found an article, describing the things behind very well: SOURCE: http://www.erpassist.com/groups/groups.asp?v=oracle-db-l&i=262575 - found on 20.07.2005 **** begin **** Posted By Nishant KAVI On Wednesday, May 21, 2003 at 3:55 AM Content 1. Key concepts 2. How to set up my NLS_LANG 3. The correct NLS_LANG for my Windows ANSI Code Page 4. The correct NLS_LANG for my DOS / Command Prompt OEM Code Page 5. How to check the NLS_LANG 6. List of common NLS_LANG to be set in Windows registry 7. List of common character sets to be used in a command prompt 1. Key Concepts 1.1 Windows and Dos Code Pages: ------------------------------- On Windows systems, the encoding scheme is specified by a code page. Code pages are defined to support specific languages or groups of languages which share common writing systems. or example, code page 1253 provides character codes required in the Greek writing system.