Language-Dependent Behavior Specification
To specify how the database will act and react to language-dependent actions, it is important to have a method of control over the way the database will behave under given conditions. These behaviors are wide and varied but are controlled in three simple ways: initialization parameters, environment variables, and the ALTER SESSION command.
Initialization Parameters
There are two primary initialization parameters (each with its own subparameters) that you can use to assist you with different ways that your database will deal with different aspects of multilingual actions. These are NLS_LANGUAGE and NLS_TERRITORY.
NLS_LANGUAGE
The NLS_LANGUAGE parameter provides you with the ability to specify the way that ...
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