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Oracle® Database Reference
10g Release 1 (10.1)

Part Number B10755-01
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NLS_COMP

Property Description
Parameter type String
Syntax NLS_COMP = { BINARY | ANSI }
Default value BINARY
Modifiable ALTER SESSION
Basic No

Normally, comparisons in the WHERE clause and in PL/SQL blocks is binary unless you specify the NLSSORT function. By setting NLS_COMP to ANSI, you indicate that comparisons in the WHERE clause and in PL/SQL blocks should use the linguistic sort specified in the NLS_SORT parameter. You must also define an index on the column for which you want linguistic sorts.


See Also:

Oracle Database Globalization Support Guide for more information on setting this parameter