Nls_language Please Help

Question

how do i set nls_language to utf8 so it would be initialized when db is started? when i try putting it into init<SID?>.ora i get an error that says: ORA-12700: invalid NLS parameter value (nls_language)
i try doing this init.ora file:
nls_language = utf8
what am i doing wrong?
alex

Answer 1

Hi Hussein,
          Thanks a lot. Would follow as suggested.
Now we are struck with issue when performing the following activity,
ACTIVITY:
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Run Maintain Multi-lingual Tables (AD Administration Main Menu > Maintain Applications Database Entities Menu) using adadmin.
ISSUE:
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   FAILED: file INVNLINS.sql on worker  2 for product inv username INV.
FROM THE LOG : adwork002.log
Start time for file is: Fri Jun 21 2013 15:40:35
sqlplus -s APPS/***** @/opt/gfsd/gfsdappl/inv/11.5.0/sql/INVNLINS.sql
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
MESG
LANGUAGE = AMERICAN
PACKAGE= INV_ITEM_PVT
SQLERRM= ORA-01555: snapshot too old: rollback segment number 13 with name "_SYS
SMU13$" too small
select to_date('ERROR')
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01858: a non-numeric character was found where a numeric was expected
Time when worker failed: Fri Jun 21 2013 23:52:39
QUESTION:
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Should we fix this issue before applying synchronization patches?
{OR}
can we proceed with the synchronization patches keeping this issue aside?
Thanks for your help,
Regards,
Rajasekaran.