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HOW TO CONFIGURE nls_lang for utf8

507581Apr 11 2007 — edited Apr 12 2007
can you please help me how to display follwing special characters in sqlplus .
i have installed 10g.Release 10.2.0.1.0
whats wrong with characterset

SQL> select \'à è ì ò ù @ ç° § à À á Á è È é É ì Ì í Í ò Ò ó Ó ù Ù ú Ú « »\' from
dual ;
2
'?????@?????????????????????????'
------------------------------------------------------------
? ? ? ? ? @ ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?


albeit I tried to change environment variables but it didnt work.


[oracle]$ NLS_LANG="AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8"

[oracle]$ export $NLS_LANG

-bash: export: `AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8': not a valid identifieORA$

[oracle]$ NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8

[oracle]$ export $NLS_LANG

-bash: export: `AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8': not a valid identifieORA$
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