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ORA-12705 export NLS_LANG

BoochiFeb 17 2010 — edited Feb 18 2010
Database version: 10.2.0.4 EE
OS: AIX 6.1

I want to set the NLS_LANG parameter at OS level to run the import of the database. I'm receiving the below error when I run sqlplus or impdp.

ORA-12705: Cannot access NLS data files or invalid environment specified

The NLS parameters at DB level are below. Could someone let me know how to set the parameter.

I tried in multiple ways like below. But, no success.

$export NLS_LANG=.UTF8
$export NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.UTF8

SQL> SELECT * from v$nls_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_CHARACTERSET                                                 UTF8
NLS_SORT                                                         BINARY
NLS_TIME_FORMAT                                                  HH.MI.SSXFF AM

PARAMETER                                                        VALUE
---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------
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_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET                                           AL16UTF16
NLS_COMP                                                         BINARY
NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS                                             BYTE
NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP                                              FALSE
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