From: fvanbortel@netscape.net   
      
   bjwang@acs.com.tw wrote:   
   > Hello wisers,   
   >   
   > We are testing a system which is developed on top of Oracle 9iAS. The   
   > client PCs are using Internet Explorer to access the system. We are   
   > sure that the Oracle 9i database server is set to use Unicode. The   
   > Oracle 9i database server and Oracle 9iAS server are now running on   
   > English Windows 2000 server. With client PCs running on traditional   
   > Chinese Windows 2000 or traditional Chinese Windows XP, via Internet   
   > Explorer we put traditional Chinese text into the system then query the   
   > data again, it displays in inverted question marks.   
   >   
   > 1. How to resolve the problem?   
   > 2. Does the Internet Explorer View -> Code Unicode (UTF-8) setting   
   > controls content display as well as keyin?   
   > 3. Or the system controls the code interpretation of keyin?   
   > Thanks,   
   >   
   > Bruce   
   >   
   Check the "client" settings; on the iAS machine, there   
   probably is an NLS_LANG entry for an 8bit, fixed character   
   set, like WE8ISO8859P1. This would be the default for English   
   operating systems.   
   You want the AL16UTF16 (closest to what MS Windows produces)   
      
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