22 OCI Globalization Support Functions

This chapter describes the OCI globalization support functions.

This chapter contains these topics:

Introduction to Globalization Support in OCI
OCI Locale Functions
OCI Locale-Mapping Function
OCI String Manipulation Functions
OCI Character Classification Functions
OCI Character Set Conversion Functions
OCI Messaging Functions

Introduction to Globalization Support in OCI

This chapter describes the globalization support functions in detail.

Conventions for OCI Functions

See the "Conventions for OCI Functions" for the conventions used in describing each function. The entries for each function may also contain the following information:

Returns

The values returned. The standard return values have the following meanings as described in Table 22-1.

Table 22-1 Function Return Values

Return Value	Meaning
`OCI_SUCCESS`	The operation succeeded.
`OCI_ERROR`	The operation failed. The specific error can be retrieved by calling `OCIErrorGet()` on the error handle passed to the function.
`OCI_INVALID_HANDLE`	The OCI handle passed to the function is invalid.