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Oracle® Database Reference
11g Release 1 (11.1)

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NLS_COMP

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

NLS_COMP specifies the collation behavior of the database session.

Values:

Note:

Unless you explicitly set the value for NLS_COMP in your initialization parameter file, a default value of NULL is shown in the following views: V$PARAMETER, V$SYSTEM_PARAMETER, V$PARAMETER2, V$SYSTEM_PARAMETER2, and NLS_INSTANCE_PARAMETERS. However, the actual default value, and behavior, is BINARY. Note that you cannot change the default to NULL, because NULL is not among the valid values.

See Also:

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