> > There's an Oracle environment variable that appears to make a > difference: NLS_CHARSET, perhaps - it's been a while since I've had to > deal with Oracle, and I'm not looking for another adventure into > Oracle's hideous documentation to find out. >
That is an EVIL setting which should not be used. The NLS_CHARSET environment variable causes so many headaches its not worth playing with it at all. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list