1. Fix export NLS_LANG in Script to start Application Example: http server apache: if you start by "apachectl" file modify apachectl file by adding export NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.TH8TISASCII 2. user profile (user use start application) if you use oracle user (linux) $ vi ~oracle/.bash_profile and add export NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.TH8TISASCII Or in /etc/profile file by the way, check NLS_LANG environment before start application $ env | grep NLS $ export NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.TH8TISASCII $ .... start app Surachart Opun http://surachartopun.com On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Jeffrey Beckstrom <JBECKSTROM@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I am installing a third-party web application and the vendor is telling > me to set NLS_LANG on the database server. From what I have read on MOS, > NLS_LANG is a client side setting and thus should be on the web server. > > Can someone confirm my reasoning that this belongs on the web server and > not the database server? > > Jeffrey Beckstrom > Database Administrator > Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority > 1240 W. 6th Street > Cleveland, Ohio 44113 >