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