Getting "Non supported character set: oracle-character-set-178" exception

Hi,
I am using Struts,spring,hibernate and database oracle 9i.
There are 2 modules developed by 2 units, both uses different versions of Spring and hibernate.As well one uses stored procedures and one uses prepared statements.
I am integrating both units together.
Unit A :-
ojdbc14.jar,hibernate3.jar and nls_charset12.jar
Unit B:
hibernate2.jar,ojdbc14_g-9.2.0.5.jar (means 9.2.0.5 version) or patch which has solutions for prepared statement bug in ojdbc14.jar , nls_charset12.jar
So my unit B works fine if i used latest version jars and nls_charset12.jar, but unit A fails in (at oracle.jdbc.oracore.OracleTypeCHAR.toDatum).
I placed nls_charset12.zip also but still same error. Can you please tell me whether there is any jar conflict or any of the spring/hibernate jar contains implementation which is clashing.
Thanks and Regds.
Sudarshan Wad

Sudarshan,
Perhaps you need to use "orai18n.jar" instead of "nls_charset12.jar"? The Oracle JDBC FAQ has more details.
Good Luck,
Avi.

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