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NLS Environment Variables
occurs because OracleAS Reports Services checks to see if the character set associated
with the font matches the character set specified by the language environment
variable. If the two do not match, OracleAS Reports Services automatically substitutes
the font with another font whose associated character set matches the character set
specified by the language environment variable. This automatic substitution assures
that the data being returned from the database gets displayed correctly in the
application.
Note: If you enter local characters using an English font, then
Windows does an implicit association with another font.
There might be cases, however, where you do not want this substitution to take place.
You can avoid this substitution by mapping all desired fonts to the WE8ISO8859P1
character set in the font alias file (uifont.ali). For example, if you are unable to use
the Arial font in your application, you can add the following line to your font alias file
(located at ORACLE_HOME\TOOLS\COMMON\):
ARIAL.....=ARIAL.....WE8ISO8859P1
Each line in the uifont.ali file takes the following syntax:
Face.Size.Style.Weight.Width.CharSet=Face.Size.Style.Weight.Width.CharSet
In this example, you’re saying that any ARIAL font should be mapped to the same
value, but with the WE8ISO8859P1 character set.
Refer to NLS Environment Variables for more information about the language
environment variables.
18.2.1.3 Language and Territory
While the character set ensures that the individual characters needed for each
language are available, support for national conventions provides correct localized
display of data items.
The specified language determines the default conventions for the following
characteristics:
■ Language for server messages
■ Language for day and month names and their abbreviations (specified in the SQL
functions TO_CHAR and TO_DATE)
■ Symbol equivalents for AM, PM, AD, and BC
■ Default sorting sequence for character data when ORDER BY is specified (GROUP
BY uses a binary sort unless ORDER BY is specified)
■ Writing direction (both right to left and left to right)
■ Affirmative and negative response strings
For example, if the language is set to French, then the following messages in English
are converted to French:
English:
ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
FRM-10043: Cannot open file.
French:
ORA-0092: table ou vue inexistante
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