How to get ORA Errors on SQLPlus in english

Question

Hi,
I am running 10gR2 on american Windows.
Even I have set NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8MSWIN1252
still getting oracle errros on SQLPlus in german :-(
What do I else need to change?
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi,
Are you sure that the NLS_LANG variable was correctly set up ?
C:\>sqlplus system/manager
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Dom Jun 10 21:43:40 2007
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
Conectado a:
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
SQL> select * from mytable;
select * from mytable
ERRO na linha 1:
ORA-00942: a tabela ou view não existe
SQL> select * from nls_session_parameters;
PARAMETER                      VALUE
NLS_LANGUAGE                   BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
NLS_TERRITORY                  BRAZIL
NLS_CURRENCY                   R$
NLS_ISO_CURRENCY               BRAZIL
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS         ,.
NLS_CALENDAR                   GREGORIAN
NLS_DATE_FORMAT                DD/MM/RR
NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE              BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
NLS_SORT                       WEST_EUROPEAN
NLS_TIME_FORMAT                HH24:MI:SSXFF
NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT           DD/MM/RR HH24:MI:SSXFF
NLS_TIME_TZ_FORMAT             HH24:MI:SSXFF TZR
NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT        DD/MM/RR HH24:MI:SSXFF TZR
NLS_DUAL_CURRENCY              Cr$
NLS_COMP                       BINARY
NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS           BYTE
NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP            FALSE
17 linhas selecionadas.
SQL> exit
Desconectado de Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
C:\>set NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8MSWIN1252
C:\>sqlplus system/manager
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Sun Jun 10 21:44:12 2007
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
SQL> select * from mytable;
select * from mytable
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
SQL> select * from nls_session_parameters;
PARAMETER                      VALUE
NLS_LANGUAGE                   AMERICAN
NLS_TERRITORY                  AMERICA
NLS_CURRENCY                   $
NLS_ISO_CURRENCY               AMERICA
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS         .,
NLS_CALENDAR                   GREGORIAN
NLS_DATE_FORMAT                DD-MON-RR
NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE              AMERICAN
NLS_SORT                       BINARY
NLS_TIME_FORMAT                HH.MI.SSXFF AM
NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT           DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM
NLS_TIME_TZ_FORMAT             HH.MI.SSXFF AM TZR
NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT        DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM TZR
NLS_DUAL_CURRENCY              $
NLS_COMP                       BINARY
NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS           BYTE
NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP            FALSE
17 rows selected.
SQL> alter session set nls_language=german;
Session wurde geõndert.
SQL> select * from my table;
select * from my table
FEHLER in Zeile 1:
ORA-00933: SQL-Befehl wurde nicht korrekt beendet
SQL> select * from mytable;
select * from mytable
FEHLER in Zeile 1:
ORA-00942: Tabelle oder View nicht vorhandenCheers