French characters insertion not working fine

Question

Hi all,
I'm using Oracle database 10.2.0.3, i migrate the database from 9i.
My problem is in my new database version i mean 10g when i'm inserting french characters like "éèà" in my database it's not working fine, i check to my old database (9i) it's working and i compare the parameters (NLS parameters they are same). i cannot find where is the problem making this appear, if anybody can help me.
here bellow that i did.
SQL> insert into dept values(0,'échec','éèàù');
1 ligne crÚÚe.
SQL> commit;
And from query i got:
SQL> select * from dept where deptno=0;
DEPTNO DNAME LOC
0 ┐chec ┐┐┐┐
here are some parameters i check:
SQL> sho parameter nls;
NAME TYPE VALUE
nls_calendar string
nls_comp string
nls_currency string
nls_date_format string
nls_date_language string
nls_dual_currency string
nls_iso_currency string
nls_language string AMERICAN
nls_length_semantics string BYTE
nls_nchar_conv_excp string FALSE
nls_numeric_characters string
NAME TYPE VALUE
nls_sort string
nls_territory string AMERICA
nls_time_format string
nls_timestamp_format string
nls_timestamp_tz_format string
nls_time_tz_format string
I need your help because it's very important for our database.
regards
raitsarevo

Answer 1

I goth nothong, i think it's not yet set here bellow the result:
oracle@ab-db1:/abdb_data2/expdp$ env|grep NLS
oracle@ab-db1:/abdb_data2/expdp$
to my old server (9i) here the result:
[oracle@abillity3db oracle]$ env|grep NLS
ORA_NLS33=/home/oracle/product/9.2.0.4/ocommon/nls/admin/data
[oracle@abillity3db oracle]$
When i run the command env only i got for the new server HPux 10g:
oracle@ab-db1:/abdb_data2/expdp$ env
SFTP_PERMIT_CHOWN=1
MANPATH=/usr/share/man/%L:/usr/share/man:/usr/contrib/man/%L:/usr/contrib/man:/usr/local/man/%L:/usr/local/man:/opt/ldapux/share/man:/opt/ldapux/ypldapd/man:/opt/ipf/man:/usr/dt/share/man:/opt/samba/man:/opt/samba/WTEC_Support_Tools/man:/opt/resmon/share/man/%L:/opt/resmon/share/man:/opt/openssl/man:/opt/openssl/prngd/man:/opt/wbem/share/man:/opt/VRTS/man:/opt/graphics/common/man:/opt/sfmdb/pgsql/man:/opt/sec_mgmt/share/man:/opt/dsau/man:/opt/gnome/man:/opt/perl/man:/opt/sec_mgmt/share/man/%L:/opt/ssh/share/man:/opt/gwlm/man/%L:/opt/gwlm/man:/opt/ignite/share/man/%L:/opt/ignite/share/man:/opt/aCC/share/man/%L:/opt/aCC/share/man:/opt/audio/share/man:/opt/ansic/share/man/%L:/opt/ansic/share/man:/opt/langtools/share/man/%L:/opt/langtools/share/man:/opt/cadvise/share/man/%L:/opt/cadvise/share/man:/opt/image/share/man:/opt/imake/man
ORA_CRS_HOME=/home/oracle/crs
TERM=xterm
SHELL=/sbin/sh
ERASE=^H
SFTP_LOG_LEVEL=3
SSH_CLIENT=192.168.0.45 1525 22
SSH_TTY=/dev/pts/0
SFTP_LOG_FACILITY=2
USER=oracle
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/lib
ORACLE_SID=abdb1
COLUMNS=157
MAIL=/var/mail/oracle
PATH=/home/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/bin:/home/oracle/crs/bin:/usr/bin:/opt/ansic/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/contrib/bin:/usr/contrib/Q4/bin:/opt/ipf/bin:/opt/hparray/bin:/opt/nettladm/bin:/opt/fcms/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/opt/resmon/bin:/usr/contrib/kwdb/bin:/opt/wbem/bin:/opt/wbem/sbin:/opt/graphics/common/bin:/usr/sbin/diag/contrib:/opt/sfm/bin:/opt/upgrade/bin:/opt/sec_mgmt/bastille/bin:/opt/dsau/bin:/opt/dsau/sbin:/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/mozilla:/opt/perl/bin:/opt/sec_mgmt/spc/bin:/opt/ssh/bin:/opt/hpsmh/bin:/opt/gwlm/bin:/usr/contrib/bin/X11:/opt/ignite/bin:/opt/aCC/bin:/opt/cadvise/bin:/opt/langtools/bin:/opt/imake/bin:.
LOG_SFTP=0
PWD=/abdb_data2/expdp
EDITOR=vi
TZ=EAT-3
PS1=oracle@ab-db1:$PWD$
LINES=60
SHLVL=1
SFTP_PERMIT_CHMOD=1
HOME=/home/oracle
LOGNAME=oracle
SSH_CONNECTION=192.168.0.45 1525 192.168.0.233 22
SFTP_UMASK=
ORACLE_HOME=/home/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1
_=/usr/bin/env
OLDPWD=/abdb_data2
And for the old server RHL (9i):
[oracle@abillity3db oracle]$ env
PWD=/home/oracle
ORACLE_SID=abillity
HOSTNAME=abillity3db
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/oracle/product/9.2.0.4/lib:
PVM_RSH=/usr/bin/rsh
LESSOPEN=|/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s
XPVM_ROOT=/usr/share/pvm3/xpvm
USER=oracle
LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:ex=01;32:*.cmd=01;32:*.exe=01;32:*.com=01;32:*.btm=01;32:*.bat=01;32:*.sh=01;32:*.csh=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.tif=01;35:
MACHTYPE=i386-redhat-linux-gnu
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/oracle
INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
EDITOR=vi
LANG=en_US
ORACLE_BASE=/home/oracle
ORACLE_HOME=/home/oracle/product/9.2.0.4
LOGNAME=oracle
SHLVL=1
ORA_NLS33=/home/oracle/product/9.2.0.4/ocommon/nls/admin/data
SHELL=/bin/bash
HOSTTYPE=i386
OSTYPE=linux-gnu
HISTSIZE=1000
LAMHELPFILE=/etc/lam/lam-helpfile
PVM_ROOT=/usr/share/pvm3
HOME=/home/oracle
TERM=xterm
SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/libexec/openssh/gnome-ssh-askpass
PATH=/home/oracle/product/9.2.0.4/bin:/opt/IBMJava2-131/bin:/opt/IBMJava2-131/jre/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/oracle/bin
SSH_TTY=/dev/pts/1
_=/usr/bin/env
I saw that in my old server environment variable LANG=en_US is set but in the new not.
What's your advice.
Thanks Nicolas
raitsarevo