NLS(National Language Support)

NLS - 区域语言支持，用来定义用户所在区域的日期格式，计数方法，货币单位以及语言设置等选项。就比如中国内地的区域设置，NLS 技术的使用，可以把货币符号从 $ 转换为 ￥ ，语言从 英文 转成 中文。这样用户就可以使用母语来与 Oracle 进行交互，并且遵循用户的数据显示惯例。

下面的 SQL 实例演示了 NLS 参数的功用。

● 客户端参数(Client Parameters)

   可以通过 ALTER SESSION 命令更改此参数  

SQL> SELECT * FROM nls_session_parameters;

PARAMETER                                      VALUE
---------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------
NLS_LANGUAGE                                   SIMPLIFIED CHINESE
NLS_TERRITORY                                  CHINA
NLS_CURRENCY                                   RMB
NLS_ISO_CURRENCY                               CHINA
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS                         .,
NLS_CALENDAR                                   GREGORIAN
NLS_DATE_FORMAT                                dd-mon-yy
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                              RMB
NLS_COMP                                       BINARY
NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS                           BYTE
NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP                            FALSE

17 rows selected

● 实例参数(Instance Parameters)

   可以通过 ALTER SYSTEM 命令更改此参数

SQL> SELECT * FROM nls_instance_parameters;

PARAMETER                                      VALUE
---------------------------------------------- ---------------
NLS_LANGUAGE                                   AMERICAN
NLS_TERRITORY                                  AMERICA
NLS_SORT                                      
NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE                             
NLS_DATE_FORMAT                               
NLS_CURRENCY                                  
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS                        
NLS_ISO_CURRENCY                              
NLS_CALENDAR                                  
NLS_TIME_FORMAT                               
NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT                          
NLS_TIME_TZ_FORMAT                            
NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT                       
NLS_DUAL_CURRENCY                             
NLS_COMP                                      
NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS                           BYTE
NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP                            FALSE

17 rows selected

● 数据库参数(Database Parameters)

    在数据库的创建过程中进行设置。

SQL> SELECT * FROM NLS_DATABASE_PARAMETERS;

PARAMETER                      VALUE
------------------------------ -------------------------------------
NLS_LANGUAGE                   AMERICAN
NLS_TERRITORY                  AMERICA
NLS_CURRENCY                   $
NLS_ISO_CURRENCY               AMERICA
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS         .,
NLS_CHARACTERSET               ZHS16GBK
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
NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET         AL16UTF16
NLS_RDBMS_VERSION              10.2.0.1.0

20 rows selected
          

Note:

   需要注意，三个参数具有优先级关系，其中 Session Parameters 的优先级最高，优先启用 Session 级别所设置的参数。

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