Hi All, I want to use Farsi language, while creating database i have selected the charterset as UTF8.

Now am able to retrieve data in Farsi language. And i also want to use Arabic calendar instead of GREGORIAN, for that i have used the following settings alter session set nls_calendar = 'arabic hijrah'; select to_char(sysdate,'day dd month yyyy','nls_calendar=''arabic hijrah''') from dual ; TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'DAYDDMONTHYYY ------------------------------wednesday 27 but am getting the out put like this? is the procedure what i used correct? if its wrong, pl guide me. Thanks in Advance, Lucky.

Re: NLS setting in Oracle 10g database

Originally Posted by lucky Hi All, I want to use Farsi language, while creating database i have selected the charterset as UTF8. Now am able to retrieve data in Farsi language. And i also want to use Arabic calendar instead of GREGORIAN, for that i have used the following settings alter session set nls_calendar = 'arabic hijrah'; select to_char(sysdate,'day dd month yyyy','nls_calendar=''arabic hijrah''') from dual ; TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'DAYDDMONTHYYY ------------------------------wednesday 27 but am getting the out put like this?

is the procedure what i used correct? if its wrong, pl guide me. Thanks in Advance, Lucky. Check the value for NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE as reported by V$NLS_PARAMETERS; it may need to be changed.

Re: NLS setting in Oracle 10g database

Hello, thank you for the quick response. NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = AMERICAN, but now i have changed it to ARABIC, but still am getting the out put like : select to_char(sysdate,'day dd month yyyy','nls_calendar=''arabic hijrah''') from dual ; TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'DAYDDMONTHYYY ----------------------------- 28 can u pl suggest me what can i do now? Thanks in Advance, Lucky

Re: NLS setting in Oracle 10g database

Arabic Hijrah Calendar - FAQ CONTENTS 1.How to set Calendar to "Arabic Hijrah" ? 2.How to display both Hijrah and Gregorian dates in the same select statement? 3.What is Calendar Deviation? 4.How to set deviation? 5. Adding ONE day in the lxecal.nlt gives TWO days added. How to workaround? Questions & Answers

1.How to set Calendar to "Arabic Hijrah" ? Answer Set NLS_CALENDAR parameter in one of the following ways: 1. In the Current session : SQL> alter session set NLS_CALENDAR="Arabic Hijrah" ; 2. All applications for a specific client: Set NLS_CALENDAR Variable in client OS environment. <e.g: On NT: set variable in the registry On Unix: set UNIX environment variable in .profile/.cshrc> 3. Within SQL function: SQL> select to_char(sysdate,'day dd month yyyy','nls_calendar=''arabic hijrah''') from dual ; References Note 30772.1 Init.ora Parameter "NLS_CALENDAR" Reference Note 2.How to display both Hijrah and Gregorian dates in the same select statement? Answer select to_char(sysdate,'day dd month yyyy','nls_calendar=''Arabic Hijrah'''), to_char(sysdate,'day dd month yyyy','nls_calendar=''English Hijrah'''), to_char(sysdate,'day dd month yyyy','nls_calendar=''gregorian''') from dual ; to make things a bit more clear: alter session set nls_calendar = 'Arabic Hijrah'; gives the names of the Hijrah months in Arabic so you client needs to be configured to display Arabic. -> Note 179133.1 alter session set nls_calendar = 'English Hijrah'; gives the names of the Hijrah months in english. alter session set nls_calendar = 'gregorian'; gives the names of the Gregorian months (jan-feb-etc). If you want the names of the Gregorian months in Arabic then please see Note 264280.1 Incorrect NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE for Arabian Countries

References Bug 1302683 3.What is Calendar Deviation? Answer Since Hijrah month is based on the moon complete revolution around the sun, Hijrah Calendar has different number of days in a year than Gregorian; therefore some manual deviation adjustement might be needed for the conversion to/from Gregorian. In other words HIJRAH calendar is Lunar based, corrections need to be made every so often. Note 130551.1 Conversion Algorithm of Gregorian Date to Arabic (Hijra) Date 4.How to set deviation? Answer 1. Shutdown the database 2. Edit/create lxecal.nlt (lxecal.dat in Oracle7) in for Oracle 8 up to 9i $ORACLE_HOME/ocommon/nls for Oracle 10g and up $ORACLE_HOME/nls In 8i and 9i you a example file in the 'demo' directory $ORACLE_HOME/ocommon/nls/demo In 10g this demo file is not shipped, you can simply create on or copy the demo file from a 9i or 8i installation. This example makes the known adjustments needed between Gregorian years 2000 and 2004: DEFINE calendar calendar_name = "Arabic Hijrah" deviation_data = { <">:1 <">:1 <">:11 <">:11

<">:1 <">:11 <">:1 <">:11 <">:1 <">:1 <">:11 <">:11 <">:1 <">:11 <">:1 <">:11 <">:1 <">:11 <">:1 <">:11 <">:1 <">:11 <">:1 <">:11 <">:1 <">:11 <">:1 <">:11 } ENDDEFINE calendar_deviation ENDDEFINE calendar Notes: * Gregorian date specified in the deviation should correspond to one of 29th, 30th or 31th days of the hijrah calendar. * Numbers greater than 10 are used to subtract days, e.g: 11 --> subtract one day, 12 --> subtract two days ...etc 3. Run the NLS Calendar Utility lxegen to register your modification to Oracle calendar system, this utility generates lxecalah.nlb file in the same directory mentioned above. 4. startup the database. If you want to substract dates, please also see to Bug 2215017 SUBTRACTING DAYS FROM ARABIC HIJRA DATE DOES NOT WORK

For 9i this bug is logged: Bug 2749165 NOT ABLE TO ADJUST THE HIJRAH CALENDAR ANYMORE IN 9.X You need Patch 9204 or higher to be able to adjust the calendar. There are also these backports: windows NT/2000 9.2.0.3 Patch2. / patch set nr 2973634 HP-UX 64 bit 9.2.0.3 / Patch nr 2749165 This is also fixed in 10g and up 5. Adding ONE day in the lxecal.nlt gives TWO days added. How to workaround? Answer SQL> alter session set nls_calendar = 'Gregorian'; SQL> select d from d; D 07/06/05 08/06/05 SQL> alter session set nls_calendar = 'English Hijrah'; SQL> select d from d; D 29 Rabi' Thani 1426 01 Jamada El Oula 1426 07/06/05 needs to be 30 Rabi' Thani 1426 so you add this to the lxecal.nlt DEFINE calendar calendar_name = "English Hijrah" DEFINE calendar_deviation deviation_data = { <">:1 } ENDDEFINE calendar_deviation

ENDDEFINE calendar and run lxegen SQL> select d from d; D 01 Jamada El Oula 1426 02 Jamada El Oula 1426 * the date is now 2 days further!!! this is due rounding problems in the algorithm used for the calendar conversion a workaround is to substract FIRST one day in lxecal.nlt DEFINE calendar calendar_name = "English Hijrah" DEFINE calendar_deviation deviation_data = { <">:11 <">:1 } ENDDEFINE calendar_deviation ENDDEFINE calendar and run lxegen, this gives: SQL> select d from d; D 30 Rabi' Thani 1426 01 Jamada El Oula 1426 make sure that you substract first (= ":11") and then add (= ":1") in the lxecal.nlt for the date References Oracle8i National Language Support Guide these 2 bugs, both closed as "not a bug": Bug 583924 NLS:HIJRAH CALENDAR DEVIATION DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY

Bug 2215017 SUBTRACTING DAYS FROM ARABIC HIJRA DATE DOES NOT WORK Bug 2964132 TO_DATE GIVES ORA-01841 WITH HIJRAH CALENDAR will be fixed in 10gR2 Note 130551.1 Conversion Algorithm of Gregorian Date to Arabic (Hijra) Date Note 264280.1 Incorrect NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE for Arabian Countries http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/...r/islamic.html The Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/islam/mecca/ummalqura.htm Note 241047.1 The Priority of NLS Parameters Explained. Note 158577.1 NLS_LANG Explained (How does Client-Server Character Conversion Work?) Note 179133.1 The correct NLS_LANG in a Windows Environment For further NLS / Globalization information you may start here: Note 267942.1 Globalization Technology (NLS) Knowledge Browser