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Arabic characters are displayed as question marks

753586Feb 13 2010 — edited Feb 22 2010
please i need help to configure the language in O10g2 on my OracleEnterpriseLinux .. see this :
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SQL> select pw_comp_name from public_wings;

PW_COMP_NAME
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
????? ???????

SQL>
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i tryed to configure the NLS_LANG by running the command
$ export LC_CTYPE=ar_JO.iso88596
but its still the same
also :
$ export NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.AR8MSWIN1256
$ export LC_ALL=UTF8
now its changed into spaces " " instead of question marks " ? "... please help

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by looking on the output of
$ locale -a | less
i see all options i can add into LC_ALL,LC_CTYPE , ... etc , variables

so ,, i`ve added my specific language option
$ export LC_CTYPE=ar_JO.utf8
then some characters of the output looks correct ,, but other looks not in its place ,,, i`ve tried all the rest of "ar_ " options to the variable LC_CTYPE
but its still the same ,, please i need some directions

Edited by: user9146262 on Feb 14, 2010 9:45 AM
This post has been answered by Sergiusz Wolicki-Oracle on Feb 22 2010
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