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Oracle® Database Globalization Support Guide
10g Release 1 (10.1)
Part Number B10749-01
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Symbols

$ORACLE_HOME/nls/data directory, 1-3
$ORACLE_HOME/oracore/zoneinfo/timezlrg.dat time zone file, 4-20
$ORACLE_HOME/oracore/zoneinfo/timezone.dat time zone file, 4-20

Numerics

7-bit encoding schemes, 2-9
8-bit encoding schemes, 2-9

A

abbreviations
languages, A-2
abstract datatype
creating as NCHAR, 2-20
accent, 5-14
accent-insensitive linguistic sort, 5-11
ADCS script
migrating character sets in Real Application Clusters, 11-10
ADD_MONTHS SQL function, 4-16
ADO interface and Unicode, 7-41
AL16UTF16 character set, 6-6, A-19
AL24UTFFSS character set, 6-6
AL32UTF8 character set, 6-6, 6-7, A-19
ALTER DATABASE CHARACTER SET statement, 11-10
ALTER DATABASE NATIONAL CHARACTER SET statement, 11-10, 11-12
ALTER SESSION statement
SET NLS_CURRENCY clause, 3-35, 3-37
SET NLS_LANGUAGE clause, 3-18
SET NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS clause, 3-33
SET NLS_TERRITORY clause, 3-18
ALTER TABLE MODIFY statement
migrating from CHAR to NCHAR, 11-12, 11-13
analyse_histgrm.sql script, 12-37
analyse_rule.sql script, 12-37
analyse_source.sql script, 12-37
application-locales, 8-38
Arial Unicode MS font, 13-2
array parameter
Database Character Set Scanner, 12-12
ASCII encoding, 2-6
AT LOCAL clause, 4-25
AT TIME ZONE clause, 4-25

B

base letter, 5-7
base letters, 5-5
BFILE data
loading into LOBs, 9-14
binary sort, 5-2
example, 5-17
binary sorts
case-insensitive and accent-insensitive, 5-16
binding and defining CLOB and NCLOB data in OCI, 7-21
binding and defining SQL CHAR datatypes in OCI, 7-19
binding and defining SQL NCHAR datatypes in OCI, 7-20
BLANK_TRIMMING parameter, 11-4
BLOBs
creating indexes, 6-23
boundaries parameter
Database Character Set Scanner, 12-13
byte semantics, 2-12, 3-44

C

C number format mask, 3-36
Calendar Utility, 13-17
calendars
customizing, 13-17
parameter, 3-27
supported, A-28
canonical equivalence, 5-4, 5-9
capture parameter
Database Character Set Scanner, 12-13
case, 5-2
case-insensitive linguistic sort, 5-11
CESU-8 compliance, A-19
changing the national character set, 11-12
CHAR columns
migrating to NCHAR columns, 11-12
character data
converting with CONVERT SQL function, 9-6
character data conversion
database character set, 11-8
character data scanning
before character set migration, 11-7
character rearrangement, 5-10
character repertoire, 2-3
character semantics, 2-12, 3-44
character set
changing after database creation, 2-20
conversion, 2-17, 13-24
customizing, 13-22
data loss during conversion, 2-17
detecting with Globalization Development Kit, 8-32
encoding, 2-2
national, 2-19, 6-9, 7-6
character set conversion
between OCI client and database server, 7-15
parameters, 3-43
character set definition
customizing, 13-26
guidelines for editing files, 13-25
naming files, 13-25
character set migration
CSALTER script, 11-8
identifying character data conversion problems, 11-7
postmigration tasks, 11-16
scanning character data, 11-7
character sets
AL16UTF16, 6-6
AL24UTFFSS, 6-6
AL32UTF8, 6-6
Asian, A-8
choosing, 11-2
choosing a character set for a Unicode database, 6-12
choosing a national character set, 6-14
conversion, 2-21, 9-6
conversion using OCI, 10-7
data loss, 11-4
European, A-10
ISO 8859 series, 2-7
Middle Eastern, A-16
migrating and the data dictionary, 12-36
migration, 11-2
naming, 2-11
restrictions on character sets used to express names, 2-18
supersets and subsets, A-20
supported, A-7
supporting different character repertoires, 2-5
universal, A-19
UTFE, 6-6
character type conversion
error reporting, 3-44
characters
available in all Oracle database character sets, 2-5
context-sensitive, 5-8
contracting, 5-8
user-defined, 13-23
choosing a character set, 11-2
choosing between a Unicode database and Unicode datatypes, 6-10
client operating system
character set compatibility with applications, 2-16
CLOB and NCLOB data
binding and defining in OCI, 7-21
CLOBs
creating indexes, 6-22
code chart
displaying and printing, 13-18
code point, 2-2
collation
customizing, 13-32
compatibility
client operating system and application character sets, 2-16
composed characters, 5-8
context-sensitive characters, 5-8
contracting characters, 5-8
contracting letters, 5-10
control characters, encoding, 2-4
conversion
between character set ID number and character set name, 9-8
CONVERT SQL function, 9-6
character sets, A-19
convert time zones, 4-25
convertible data
data dictionary, 12-36
converting character data
CONVERT SQL function, 9-6
converting character data between character sets, 9-6
Coordinated Universal Time, 4-5, 4-7
creating a database with Unicode datatypes, 6-8
creating a Unicode database, 6-8
CSALTER script, 11-8, 11-10
checking phase, 12-42
running, 12-41
updating phase, 12-43
CSM$COLUMNS table, 12-39
CSM$ERRORS table, 12-39
CSM$TABLES table, 12-39
CSMIG user, 12-9
csminst.sql script
running, 12-9
CSMV$COLUMNS view, 12-44
CSMV$CONSTRAINTS view, 12-45
CSMV$ERROR view, 12-46
CSMV$INDEXES view, 12-46
CSMV$TABLES view, 12-47
currencies
formats, 3-34
CURRENT_DATE SQL function, 4-17
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP SQL function, 4-17
customizing time zone data, 13-17

D

data conversion
in Pro*C/C++, 7-22
OCI driver, 7-29
ODBC and OLE DB drivers, 7-38
thin driver, 7-30
Unicode Java strings, 7-29
data dictionary
changing character sets, 12-36
convertible or lossy data, 12-36
data dictionary views
NLS_DATABASE_PARAMETERS, 3-11
NLS_INSTANCE_PARAMETERS, 3-11
NLS_SESSION_PARAMETER, 3-11
data expansion
during data conversion, 7-17
data expansion during character set migration, 11-2
data expansion during conversion
JDBC thin driver, 7-35
data inconsistencies causing data loss, 11-6
data loss
caused by data inconsistencies, 11-6
during character set migration, 11-4
during OCI Unicode character set conversion, 7-15
from mixed character sets, 11-7
data loss during character set conversion, 2-17
data loss during datatype conversion
exceptions, 7-7
data truncation, 11-2
restrictions, 11-3
database character set
character data conversion, 11-8
choosing, 2-14
compatibility between client operating system and applications, 2-16
performance, 2-17
Database Character Set Scanner, 12-14
analyse_histgrm.sql script, 12-37
analyse_rule.sql script, 12-37
analyse_source.sql script, 12-37
array parameter, 12-12
boundaries parameter, 12-13
capture parameter, 12-13
CSM$COLUMNS table, 12-39
CSM$ERRORS table, 12-39
CSM$TABLES table, 12-39
CSMV$COLUMNS view, 12-44
CSMV$CONSTRAINTS view, 12-45
CSMV$ERROR view, 12-46
CSMV$INDEXES view, 12-46
CSMV$TABLES view, 12-47
Database Scan Summary Report, 12-25
error messages, 12-47
exclude parameter, 12-13
feedback parameter, 12-14
fromnchar parameter, 12-15
full parameter, 12-15
help parameter, 12-15
Individual Exception Report, 12-33
invoking, 12-9
lastrpt parameter, 12-16, 12-18
maxblocks parameter, 12-18
online help, 12-10
performance, 12-39
preserve parameter, 12-19
restrictions, 12-40
scan modes, 12-7
suppress parameter, 12-20
table parameter, 12-20
tochar parameter, 12-20
user parameter, 12-21
userid parameter, 12-21
views, 12-44
Database Character Set Scanner utility, 12-6
Database Scan Summary Report, 12-25
database schemas
designing for multiple languages, 6-17
database time zone, 4-23
datatype conversion
data loss and exceptions, 7-7
implicit, 7-8
SQL functions, 7-9
datatypes
abstract, 2-19
DATE, 4-3
datetime, 4-2
inserting values into datetime datatypes, 4-8
inserting values into interval datatypes, 4-14
interval, 4-2, 4-12
INTERVAL DAY TO SECOND, 4-13
INTERVAL YEAR TO MONTH, 4-13
supported, 2-19
TIMESTAMP, 4-5
TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE, 4-7
TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE, 4-5
date and time parameters, 3-20
DATE datatype, 4-3
date formats, 3-20, 3-21, 9-13
and partition bound expressions, 3-22
dates
ISO standard, 3-28, 9-13
NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE parameter, 3-23
datetime datatypes, 4-2
inserting values, 4-8
datetime format parameters, 4-18
Daylight Saving Time
Oracle support, 4-26
daylight saving time session parameter, 4-20
days
format element, 3-24
language of names, 3-23
DB_TZ database time zone, 4-24
DBMS_LOB PL/SQL package, 9-14
DBMS_LOB.LOADBLOBFROMFILE procedure, 9-15
DBMS_LOB.LOADCLOBFROMFILE procedure, 9-15
DBMS_REDEFINITION.CAN_REDEF_TABLE procedure, 11-14
DBTIMEZONE SQL function, 4-17
dest_char_set parameter, A-19
detecting language and character sets
Globalization Development Kit, 8-32
detection
supported languages and character sets, A-23
diacritic, 5-2
dynamic performance views
V$NLS_PARAMETERS, 3-12
V$NLS_VALID_VALUES, 3-12

E

encoding
control characters, 2-4
ideographic writing systems, 2-4
numbers, 2-4
phonetic writing systems, 2-4
punctuation, 2-4
symbols, 2-4
encoding schemes
7-bit, 2-9
8-bit, 2-9
fixed-width, 2-10
multibyte, 2-10
shift-sensitive variable-width, 2-10
shift-sensitive variable-width multibyte, 2-10
single-byte, 2-9
variable-width, 2-10
environment variables
ORA_SDTZ, 4-19, 4-24
ORA_TZFILE, 4-19
error messages
languages, A-4
translation, A-4
ERROR_ON_OVERLAP_TIME session parameter, 4-20
euro
Oracle support, 3-39
exclude parameter
Database Character Set Scanner, 12-13
expanding characters, 5-10
characters
expanding, 5-8
EXTRACT (datetime) SQL function, 4-17

F

feedback parameter
Database Character Set Scanner, 12-14
fixed-width multibyte encoding schemes, 2-10
fonts
Unicode, 13-2
Unicode for UNIX, 13-3
Unicode for Windows, 13-2
format elements, 9-14
C, 9-14
D, 9-14
day, 3-24
G, 9-14
IW, 9-14
IY, 9-14
L, 9-14
month, 3-24
RM, 9-13
RN, 9-14
format masks, 3-32, 9-13
formats
currency, 3-34
date, 3-21, 4-19
numeric, 3-31
time, 3-24
FROM_TZ SQL function, 4-17
fromchar parameter, 12-14
Database Character Set Scanner, 12-14
fromnchar parameter
Database Character Set Scanner, 12-15
full parameter
Database Character Set Scanner, 12-15

G

GDK
application configuration file, 8-15
GDK application configuration file, 8-36
example, 8-43
GDK application framework for J2EE, 8-12
GDK components, 8-10
GDK error messages, 8-47
GDK Java API, 8-26
GDK Java supplied packages and classes, 8-44
GDK Localizer object, 8-19
gdkapp.xml application configuration file, 8-36
gdkapp.xml GDK application configuration file, 8-15
GENERIC_BASELETTER linguistic sort, 5-12
getString() method, 7-31
getStringWithReplacement() method, 7-32
Globalization Develoopment Kit
Java API, 8-26
Globalization Development Kit, 8-2
application configuration file, 8-36
character set conversion, 8-29
components, 8-10
defining supported application locales, 8-20
e-mail programs, 8-35
error messages, 8-47
framework, 8-12
integrating locale sources, 8-16
Java supplied packages and classes, 8-44
locale detection, 8-17
Localizer object, 8-19
managing localized content in static files, 8-25
managing strings in JSPs and Java servlets, 8-24
non_ASCII input and output in an HTML page, 8-21
Oracle binary and linguistic sorts, 8-31
Oracle date, number, and monetary formats, 8-30
Oracle language and character set detection, 8-32
Oracle locale information, 8-27
Oracle locale mapping, 8-28
Oracle translated locale and time zone names, 8-34
supported locale resources, 8-16
globalization features, 1-5
globalization support
architecture, 1-2
Greenwich Mean Time, 4-5, 4-7
guessing the language or character set, 12-2

H

help parameter
Database Character Set Scanner, 12-15

I

IANA character sets
mapping with ISO locales, 8-23
ideographic writing systems, encoding, 2-4
ignorable characters, 5-7
implicit datatype conversion, 7-8
indexes
creating for documents stored as CLOBs, 6-22
creating for multilingual document search, 6-21
creating indexes for documents stored as BLOBs, 6-23
partitioned, 9-12
Individual Exception Report, 12-33
initialization parameters
NLS_DATE_FORMAT, 4-19
NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT, 4-19
NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT, 4-19
INSTR SQL function, 7-11
INSTR SQL functions, 9-6, 9-7
Internet application
locale determination, 8-8
monolingual, 8-2, 8-3
multilingual, 8-3, 8-5
interval datatypes, 4-2, 4-12
inserting values, 4-14
INTERVAL DAY TO SECOND datatype, 4-13
INTERVAL YEAR TO MONTH datatype, 4-13
ISO 8859 character sets, 2-7
ISO locales
mapping with IANA character sets, 8-23
ISO standard
date format, 9-13
ISO standard date format, 3-28, 9-13
ISO week number, 9-13
IW format element, 9-14
IY format element, 9-14

J

Java
Unicode data conversion, 7-29
Java strings
binding and defining in Unicode, 7-26
JDBC drivers
form of use argument, 7-28
JDBC OCI driver
and Unicode, 7-4
JDBC programming
Unicode, 7-25
JDBC Server Side internal driver
and Unicode, 7-4
JDBC Server Side thin driver
and Unicode, 7-4
JDBC thin driver
and Unicode, 7-4
data expansion during conversion, 7-35
SQL CHAR data size restriction, 7-34

L

language
detecting with Globalization Development Kit, 8-32
language abbreviations, A-2
Language and Character Set File Scanner, 12-2
language definition
customizing, 13-8
overriding, 3-8
language support, 1-6
languages
error messages, A-4
languages and character sets
supported by LCSSCAN, A-23
LAST_DAY SQL function, 4-16
lastrpt parameter
Database Character Set Scanner, 12-16, 12-18
LCSCCAN
error messages, 12-5
LCSSCAN, 12-2
supported languages and character sets, 12-5, A-23
LCSSCAN command
BEGIN parameter, 12-3
END parameter, 12-3
examples, 12-4
FILE parameter, 12-3
HELP parameter, 12-4
online help, 12-4
RESULTS parameter, 12-3
syntax, 12-2
length semantics, 2-12, 3-44
LENGTH SQL functions, 9-6, 9-7
LIKE conditions in SQL statements, 9-8
LIKE2 SQL condition, 9-8
LIKE4 SQL condition, 9-8
LIKEC SQL condition, 9-8
linguistic sort
accent-insensitive, 5-11
BINARY, 5-16
BINARY_AI, linguistic sort
BINARY_CI, 5-16
case-insensitive, 5-11
list of defaults, A-2
linguistic sort definitions
supported, A-25
linguistic sorts
controlling, 9-12
customizing, 13-32
characters with diacritics, 13-35, 13-38
GENERIC_BASELETTER, 5-12
levels, 5-5
parameters, 3-41
list parameter, 3-31
lmsgen utility, 10-8
loading external BFILE data into LOBs, 9-14
LOBs
loading external BFILE data, 9-14
storing documents in multiple languages, 6-20
locale, 3-5
locale dependencies, 3-9
locale detection
Globalization Development Kit, 8-17
locale information
mapping between Oracle and other standards, 10-4
locale of Internet application
determining, 8-8
locale variant, 3-9
locale-charset-map, 8-37
locale-determine-rule, 8-39
LocaleMapper class, 8-35
locale-parameter-name, 8-40
LOCALTIMESTAMP SQL function, 4-17
lossy data
data dictionary, 12-36
lxegen utility, 13-18

M

maxblocks parameter
Database Character Set Scanner, 12-18
message-bundles, 8-41
migrating a character set
CSALTER script, 11-8
migrating character sets in Real Application Clusters, 11-10
migration
CHAR columns to NCHAR columns, 11-12
character sets, 11-2
to NCHAR datatypes, 11-10
version 8 NCHAR columns to Oracle9i and later, 11-11
mixed character sets
causing data loss, 11-7
monetary parameters, 3-33
monolingual Internet application, 8-3
monolingual linguistic sort
example, 5-18
monolingual linguistic sorts
supported, A-25
months
format element, 3-24
language of names, 3-23
MONTHS_BETWEEN SQL function, 4-16
multibyte encoding schemes, 2-10
fixed-width, 2-10
shift-sensitive variable-width, 2-10
variable-width, 2-10
multilexers
creating, 6-21
multilingual data
specifying column lengths, 6-18
multilingual document search
creating indexes, 6-21
multilingual Internet application, 8-5
multilingual linguistic sort
example, 5-18
multilingual linguistic sorts
supported, A-27
multilingual support
restricted, 2-24
unrestricted, 2-25
multiple languages
designing database schemas, 6-17
storing data, 6-18
storing documents in LOBs, 6-20

N

N SQL function, 7-10
national character set, 2-19, 6-9, 7-6
before Oracle9i, 6-9
NCHAR
creating abstract datatype, 2-20
NCHAR columns
migrating from version 8 to Oracle9i and later, 11-11
NCHAR datatype, 7-5
migrating, 11-10
migration, 11-11
NCHR SQL function, 7-12
NCLOB datatype, 7-7
NEW_TIME SQL function, 4-16
NEXT_DAY SQL function, 4-16
NLB data
transportable, 13-42
NLB file, 13-5
NLB files, 13-2
generating and installing, 13-40
NLS Calendar Utility, 13-17
NLS parameters
default values in SQL functions, 9-3
list, 3-3
setting, 3-2
specifying in SQL functions, 9-3
unacceptable in SQL functions, 9-5
NLS Runtime Library, 1-2
NLS_CALENDAR parameter, 3-30
NLS_CHARSET_DECL_LEN SQL function, 9-9
NLS_CHARSET_ID SQL function, 9-9
NLS_CHARSET_NAME SQL function, 9-9
NLS_COMP parameter, 3-42, 9-12
NLS_CREDIT parameter, 3-40
NLS_CURRENCY parameter, 3-34
NLS_DATABASE_PARAMETERS data dictionary view, 3-11
NLS_DATE_FORMAT initialization parameter, 4-19
NLS_DATE_FORMAT parameter, 3-21
NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE parameter, 3-22
NLS_DEBIT parameter, 3-40
NLS_DUAL_CURRENCY parameter, 3-37
NLS_INITCAP SQL function, 5-11, 9-2
NLS_INSTANCE_PARAMETERS data dictionary view, 3-11
NLS_ISO_CURRENCY parameter, 3-35
NLS_LANG parameter, 3-5
choosing a locale, 3-5
client setting, 3-10
examples, 3-7
OCI client applications, 7-18
specifying, 3-7
UNIX client, 3-10
Windows client, 3-10
NLS_LANGUAGE parameter, 3-12
NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS parameter, 2-13
NLS_LIST_SEPARATOR parameter, 3-43
NLS_LOWER SQL function, 5-11, 9-2
NLS_MONETARY_CHARACTERS parameter, 3-40
NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP parameter, 3-43
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS parameter, 3-32
NLS_SESSION_PARAMETERS data dictionary view, 3-11
NLS_SORT parameter, 3-41, 5-21
NLS_TERRITORY parameter, 3-15
NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT initialization parameter, 4-19
NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT parameter
parameters
NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT, 3-25, 3-26
NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT initialization parameter, 4-19
NLS_UPPER SQL function, 5-11, 5-12, 9-2
NLSRTL, 1-2
NLSSORT SQL function, 9-2, 9-9
syntax, 9-11
NLT files, 13-2
numbers, encoding, 2-4
numeric formats, 3-31
SQL masks, 9-14
numeric parameters, 3-31
NUMTODSINTERVAL SQL function, 4-17
NUMTOYMINTERVAL SQL function, 4-17
NVARCHAR datatype
Pro*C/C++, 7-24
NVARCHAR2 datatype, 7-6

O

obsolete locale data, A-38
OCI
binding and defining CLOB and NCLOB data in OCI, 7-21
binding and defining SQL NCHAR datatypes, 7-20
setting the character set, 10-2
SQL CHAR datatypes, 7-19
OCI and Unicode, 7-3
OCI character set conversion, 7-16
data loss, 7-15
performance, 7-16
OCI client applications
using Unicode character sets, 7-18
OCI data conversion
data expansion, 7-17
OCI_ATTR_CHARSET_FORM attribute, 7-15
OCI_ATTR_MAXDATA_SIZE attribute, 7-17
OCI_UTF16ID character set ID, 7-14
OCIBind() function, 7-19
OCICharSetConversionIsReplacementUsed(), 10-8
OCICharSetConvert(), 10-8
OCICharsetToUnicode(), 10-7
OCIDefine() function, 7-19
OCIEnvNlsCreate(), 7-14, 10-2
OCILobRead() function, 7-21
OCILobWrite() function, 7-21
OCIMessageClose(), 10-8
OCIMessageGet(), 10-8
OCIMessageOpen(), 10-8
OCIMultiByteInSizeToWideChar(), 10-5
OCIMultiByteStrCaseConversion(), 10-6
OCIMultiByteStrcat(), 10-6
OCIMultiByteStrcmp(), 10-6
OCIMultiByteStrcpy(), 10-6
OCIMultiByteStrlen(), 10-6
OCIMultiByteStrncat(), 10-6
OCIMultiByteStrncmp(), 10-6
OCIMultiByteStrncpy(), 10-6
OCIMultiByteStrnDisplayLength(), 10-6
OCIMultiByteToWideChar(), 10-5
OCINlsCharSetIdToName(), 10-3
OCINlsCharSetNameTold(), 10-3
OCINlsEnvironmentVariableGet(), 10-3
OCINlsGetInfo(), 10-3
OCINlsNameMap(), 10-4
OCINlsNumericInfoGet(), 10-3
OCIUnicodeToCharset(), 10-7
OCIWideCharDisplayLength(), 10-6
OCIWideCharInSizeToMultiByte(), 10-5
OCIWideCharIsAlnum(), 10-7
OCIWideCharIsAlpha(), 10-7
OCIWideCharIsCntrl(), 10-7
OCIWideCharIsDigit(), 10-7
OCIWideCharIsGraph(), 10-7
OCIWideCharIsLower(), 10-7
OCIWideCharIsPrint(), 10-7
OCIWideCharIsPunct(), 10-7
OCIWideCharIsSingleByte(), 10-7
OCIWideCharIsSpace(), 10-7
OCIWideCharIsUpper(), 10-7
OCIWideCharIsXdigit(), 10-7
OCIWideCharMultibyteLength(), 10-6
OCIWideCharStrCaseConversion(), 10-6
OCIWideCharStrcat(), 10-5
OCIWideCharStrchr(), 10-5
OCIWideCharStrcmp(), 10-5
OCIWideCharStrcpy(), 10-5
OCIWideCharStrlen(), 10-6
OCIWideCharStrncat(), 10-5
OCIWideCharStrncmp(), 10-5
OCIWideCharStrncpy(), 10-6
OCIWideCharStrrchr(), 10-5
OCIWideCharToLower(), 10-5
OCIWideCharToMultiByte(), 10-5
OCIWideCharToUpper(), 10-5
ODBC Unicode applications, 7-40
OLE DB Unicode datatypes, 7-40
online table redefinition
migrating from CHAR to NCHAR, 11-12, 11-13
operating system
character set compatibility with applications, 2-16
ORA_NLS10 environment variable, 1-3
ORA_SDTZ environment variable, 4-19, 4-24
ORA_TZFILE environment variable, 4-19
Oracle Call Interface and Unicode, 7-3
Oracle Data Provide for .NET and Unicode, 7-3
Oracle Language and Character Set Detection Java classes, 8-32
Oracle Locale Builder
choosing a calendar format, 13-12
choosing currency formats, 13-16
choosing date and time formats, 13-13
displaying code chart, 13-18
Existing Definitions dialog box, 13-5
fonts, 13-2, 13-3
Open File dialog box, 13-7
Preview NLT screen, 13-6
restrictions on names for locale objects, 13-9
Session Log dialog box, 13-6
starting, 13-3
Oracle ODBC driver and Unicode, 7-3
Oracle OLE DB driver and Unicode, 7-3
Oracle Pro*C/C++ and Unicode, 7-3
oracle.i18n.lcsd package, 8-45
oracle.i18n.net package, 8-45
oracle.i18n.Servlet package, 8-45
oracle.i18n.text package, 8-45
oracle.i18n.util package, 8-46
oracle.sql.CHAR class
character set conversion, 7-31
getString() method, 7-31
getStringWithReplacement() method, 7-32
toString() method, 7-32
ORDER BY clause, 9-12
OS_TZ local operating system time zone, 4-24
overriding language and territory definitions, 3-8

P

page-charset, 8-38
parameters
BLANK_TRIMMING, 11-4
calendar, 3-27
character set conversion, 3-43
linguistic sorts, 3-41
methods of setting, 3-3
monetary, 3-33
NLS_CALENDAR, 3-30
NLS_COMP, 3-42
NLS_CREDIT, 3-40
NLS_CURRENCY, 3-34
NLS_DATE_FORMAT, 3-21
NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE, 3-22
NLS_DEBIT, 3-40
NLS_DUAL_CURRENCY, 3-37
NLS_ISO_CURRENCY, 3-35
NLS_LANG, 3-5
NLS_LANGUAGE, 3-12
NLS_LIST_SEPARATOR, 3-43
NLS_MONETARY_CHARACTERS, 3-40
NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP, 3-43
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS, 3-32
NLS_SORT, 3-41
NLS_TERRITORY, 3-15
numeric, 3-31
setting, 3-2
time and date, 3-20
time zone, 3-25, 3-26
partitioned
indexes, 9-12
tables, 9-12
performance
choosing a database character set, 2-17
during OCI Unicode character set conversion, 7-16
phonetic writing systems, encoding, 2-4
PL/SQL and SQL and Unicode, 7-4
preserve parameter
Database Character Set Scanner, 12-19
primary level sort, 5-5
Private Use Area, 13-25
Pro*C/C++
data conversion, 7-22
NVARCHAR datatype, 7-24
UVARCHAR datatype, 7-24
VARCHAR datatype, 7-23
punctuation, encoding, 2-4

R

Real Application Clusters
database character set migration, 11-10
REGEXP SQL functions, 5-22
regular expressions
character class, 5-24
character range, 5-23
collation element delimiter, 5-23
equivalence class, 5-24
examples, 5-24
multilingual environment, 5-22
replacement characters
CONVERT SQL function, 9-6
restricted multilingual support, 2-24
restrictions
data truncation, 11-3
passwords, 11-3
space padding during export, 11-4
usernames, 11-3
reverse secondary sorting, 5-10
ROUND (date) SQL function, 4-17
RPAD SQL function, 7-11

S

scan modes
Database Character Set Scanner, 12-7
full database scan, 12-7
single table scan, 12-8
user tables scan, 12-8
scan.err file, 12-25
scan.out file, 12-22, 12-24, 12-25
scan.txt file, 12-25
searching multilingual documents, 6-21
searching string, 5-22
secondary level sort, 5-5
session parameters
ERROR_ON_OVERLAP, 4-20
session time zone, 4-24
SESSIONTIMEZONE SQL function, 4-17
setFormOfUse() method, 7-28
shift-sensitive variable-width multibyte encoding schemes, 2-10
single-byte encoding schemes, 2-9
sorting
reverse secondary, 5-10
specifying nondefault linguistic sorts, 3-41, 3-43
source_char_set parameter, A-19
space padding
during export, 11-4
special combination letters, 5-8, 5-10
special letters, 5-8, 5-10
special lowercase letters, 5-11
special uppercase letters, 5-11
SQL CHAR datatypes, 2-14
OCI, 7-19
SQL conditions
LIKE2, 9-8
LIKE4, 9-8
LIKEC, 9-8
SQL functions
ADD_MONTH, 4-16
CONVERT, 9-6
CURRENT_DATE, 4-17
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 4-17
datatype conversion, 7-9
DBTIMEZONE, 4-17
default values for NLS parameters, 9-3
EXTRACT (datetime), 4-17
FROM_TZ, 4-17
INSTR, 7-11, 9-6, 9-7
LAST_DAY, 4-16
LENGTH, 9-6, 9-7
LOCALTIMESTAMP, 4-17
MONTHS_BETWEEN, 4-16
N, 7-10
NCHR, 7-12
NEW_TIME, 4-16
NEXT_DAY, 4-16
NLS_CHARSET_DECL_LEN, 9-9
NLS_CHARSET_ID, 9-9
NLS_CHARSET_NAME, 9-9
NLS_INITCAP, 5-11, 9-2
NLS_LOWER, 5-11, 9-2
NLS_UPPER, 5-11, 5-12, 9-2
NLSSORT, 9-2, 9-9
NUMTODSINTERVAL, 4-17
NUMTOYMINTERVAL, 4-17
ROUND (date), 4-17
RPAD, 7-11
SESSIONTIMEZONE, 4-17
specifying NLS parameters, 9-3
SUBSTR, 9-6, 9-7
SUBSTR2, 9-7
SUBSTR4, 9-7
SUBSTRB, 9-7
SUBSTRC, 9-7
SYS_EXTRACT_UTC, 4-17
SYSDATE, 4-17
SYSTIMESTAMP, 4-17
TO_CHAR, 9-2
TO_CHAR (datetime), 4-18
TO_DATE, 7-10, 9-2
TO_DSINTERVAL, 4-18
TO_NCHAR, 7-10
TO_NUMBER, 9-2
TO_TIMESTAMP, 4-18
TO_TIMESTAMP_TZ, 4-18
TO_YMINTERVAL, 4-18
TRUNC (date), 4-17
TZ_OFFSET, 4-18
unacceptable NLS parameters, 9-5
UNISTR, 7-12
SQL NCHAR datatypes
binding and defining in OCI, 7-20
SQL statements
LIKE conditions, 9-8
strict superset, 6-3
string comparisons
WHERE clause, 9-11
string literals
Unicode, 7-11
string manipulation using OCI, 10-4
strings
searching, 5-22
SUBSTR SQL function, 9-7
SUBSTR SQL functions, 9-6, 9-7
SUBSTR, 9-7
SUBSTR2, 9-7
SUBSTR4, 9-7
SUBSTRB, 9-7
SUBSTRC, 9-7
SUBSTR4 SQL function, 9-7
SUBSTRB SQL function, 9-7
SUBSTRC SQL function, 9-7
superset, strict, 6-3
supersets and subsets, A-20
supplementary characters, 5-4, 6-3
linguistic sort support, A-28
supported datatypes, 2-19
supported territories, A-6
suppress parameter
Database Character Set Scanner, 12-20
surrogate pairs, 6-3
syllabary, 2-4
symbols, encoding, 2-4
SYS_EXTRACT_UTC SQL function, 4-17
SYSDATE SQL function, 4-17
effect of session time zone, 4-24
SYSTIMESTAMP SQL function, 4-17

T

table parameter
Database Character Set Scanner, 12-20
tables
partitioned, 9-12
territory
dependencies, 3-9
territory definition, 3-15
customizing, 13-11
overriding, 3-8
territory support, 1-7, A-6
territory variant, 3-9
tertiary level sort, 5-6
Thai and Laotian character rearrangement, 5-10
tilde, 7-36
time and date parameters, 3-20
time zone
database, 4-23
effect on SYSDATE SQL function, 4-24
session, 4-24
time zone abbreviations, 4-20
time zone data
source, 4-20
time zone environment variables, 4-19
time zone file
choosing, 4-20
default, 4-20
time zone names, 4-20
time zone parameters, 3-25, 3-26
time zones
converting, 4-25
customizing, 13-17
TIMESTAMP datatype, 4-5
when to use, 4-12
TIMESTAMP datatypes
choosing, 4-12
timestamp format, 3-25
TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE datatype, 4-7
when to use, 4-12
TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE datatype, 4-5
when to use, 4-12
timezlrg.dat file, 13-17
timezone.dat file, 13-17
TO_CHAR (datetime) SQL function, 4-18
TO_CHAR SQL function, 9-2
default date format, 3-21, 4-19
format masks, 9-13
group separator, 3-32
language for dates, 3-22
spelling of days and months, 3-23
TO_DATE SQL function, 7-10, 9-2
default date format, 3-21, 4-19
format masks, 9-13
language for dates, 3-22
spelling of days and months, 3-23
TO_DSINTERVAL SQL function, 4-18
TO_NCHAR SQL function, 7-10
TO_NUMBER SQL function, 9-2
format masks, 9-13
TO_TIMESTAMP SQL function, 4-18
TO_TIMESTAMP_TZ SQL function, 4-18
TO_YMINTERVAL SQL function, 4-18
tochar parameter
Database Character Set Scanner, 12-20
toString() method, 7-32
transportable NLB data, 13-42
TRUNC (date) SQL function, 4-17
TZ_OFFSET SQL function, 4-18
TZABBREV, 4-20
TZNAME, 4-20

U

UCS-2 encoding, 6-4
Unicode, 6-2
binding and defining Java strings, 7-26
character code assignments, B-2
character set conversion between OCI client and database server, 7-15
code ranges for UTF-16 characters, B-2
code ranges for UTF-8 characters, B-2
data conversion in Java, 7-29
JDBC OCI driver, 7-4
JDBC programming, 7-25
JDBC Server Side internal driver, 7-4
JDBC Server Side thin driver, 7-4
JDBC thin driver, 7-4
ODBC and OLE DB programming, 7-37
Oracle Call Interface, 7-3
Oracle Data Provide for .NET, 7-3
Oracle ODBC driver, 7-3
Oracle OLE DB driver, 7-3
Oracle Pro*C/C++, 7-3
Oracle support, 6-5
parsing an XML stream with Java, 7-44
PL/SQL and SQL, 7-4
Private Use Area, 13-25
programming, 7-2
reading an XML file with Java, 7-43
string literals, 7-11
UCS-2 encoding, 6-4
UTF-16 encoding, 6-4
UTF-8 encoding, 6-3
writing an XML file with Java, 7-42
XML programming, 7-41
Unicode database, 6-7
case study, 6-15
choosing a character set, 6-12
using with Unicode datatypes (case study), 6-17
when to use, 6-10
Unicode datatypes, 6-8
case study, 6-16
choosing a national character set, 6-14
using with a Unicode database (case study), 6-17
when to use, 6-11
Unicode encoding, 6-3
Unicode fonts, 13-2
Unicode mode, 7-14
UNISTR SQL function, 7-12
unrestricted multilingual support, 2-25
url-rewrite-rule, 8-42
US7ASCII
supersets, A-21
user parameter
Database Character Set Scanner, 12-21
user-defined characters, 13-23
adding to a character set definition, 13-30
cross-references between character sets, 13-25
userid parameter
Database Character Set Scanner, 12-21
UTC, 4-5, 4-7
UTF-16 encoding, 6-4, B-3
UTF8 character set, 6-7, A-19
UTF-8 encoding, 6-3, B-3
UTFE character set, 6-6, 6-8, A-19
UTL_FILE package, using with NCHAR, 7-12
UTL_I18N PL/SQL package, 8-47
UTL_LMS PL/SQL package, 8-47
UVARCHAR datatype
Pro*C/C++, 7-24

V

V$NLS_PARAMETERS dynamic performance view, 3-12
V$NLS_VALID_VALUES dynamic performance view, 3-12
VARCHAR datatype
Pro*C/C++, 7-23
variable-width multibyte encoding schemes, 2-10
version 8 NCHAR columns
migrating to Oracle9i and later, 11-11

W

wave dash, 7-36
WHERE clause
string comparisons, 9-11

X

XML
parsing in Unicode with Java, 7-44
reading in Unicode with Java, 7-43
writing in Unicode with Java, 7-42
XML programming
Unicode, 7-41
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