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Preface

Audience

Documentation Accessibility

Organization

Related Documentation

Conventions

1 Overview of Globalization Support in Oracle Application Server

Globalizing Internet Applications

Globalization Concepts

Locale

Character Set

Unicode

Designing a Global Internet Application

Monolingual Internet Application Architecture

Multilingual Internet Application Architecture

Overview of Developing Global Internet Applications

Part I Development

2 Developing Locale Awareness

Developing Locale Awareness in Global Internet Applications

Locale Awareness in J2EE and Internet Applications

Locale Awareness in Java Applications

Locale Awareness in Perl and C/C++ Applications

Locale Awareness in SQL and PL/SQL Applications

Locale Awareness in Oracle Application Server Component Applications

Locale Awareness in Oracle Application Server Wireless Services

Locale Awareness in Oracle Application Server Forms Services

Locale Awareness in Oracle Application Server Reports Services

Locale Awareness in Oracle Application Server Discoverer

3 Implementing HTML Features

Implementing HTML Features for Global Applications

Encoding HTML Pages

Specifying the Page Encoding for HTML Pages

Specifying the Encoding in the HTTP Header

Specifying the Encoding in the HTML Page Header

Specifying the Page Encoding in Java Servlets and Java Server Pages

Specifying the Page Encoding in PL/SQL Server Pages

Specifying the Page Encoding in Perl

Specifying the Page Encoding in Oracle Application Server Mobile Services Applications

Specifying the Page Encoding in Oracle Application Server Web Cache Enabled Applications

Specifying the Page Encoding in Oracle Application Server Reports Services Applications

Specifying the Page Encoding in JSP Reports for the Web

Specifying the Page Encoding in HTML for Oracle Application Server Reports Services

Specifying the Page Encoding in XML for Oracle Application Server Reports Services

Handling HTML Form Input

Handling HTML Form Input in Java

Handling HTML Form Input in PL/SQL

Handling HTML Form Input in Perl

Handling Form Input in Oracle Application Server Mobile Services Applications

Decoding HTTP Headers

Decoding HTTP Headers from Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On

Decoding String-type Mobile Context Information Headers in Oracle Application Server Wireless Services

Encoding URLs

Encoding URLs in Java

Encoding URLs in PL/SQL

Encoding URLs in Perl

Formatting HTML Pages to Accommodate Text in Different Languages

Organizing the Content of HTML Pages for Translation

Translation Guidelines for HTML Page Content

Organizing Static Files for Translation

Organizing Translatable Static Strings for Java Servlets and Java Server Pages

Organizing Translatable Static Strings in C/C++ and Perl

Organizing Translatable Static Strings in Message Tables

Organizing Translatable Dynamic Content in Application Schema

4 Using a Centralized Database

Using a Centralized Database and Accessing the Database Server

Using JDBC to Access the Database

Using PL/SQL to Access the Database

Using Perl to Access the Database

Using C/C++ to Access the Database

Using the OCI API to Access the Database

Using the Unicode API Provided with OCI to Access the Database

Using Unicode Bind and Define in Pro*C/C++ to Access the Database

Part II Deployment

5 Configuring Oracle Application Server for Global Deployment

Installing Oracle Application Server for Global Deployment

Configuring Oracle HTTP Server and OC4J for Global Deployment

About Manually Editing HTTP Server and OC4J Configuration Files

Configuring the NLS_LANG Parameter

Preconfigured NLS_LANG Values

Configuring Transfer Mode for mod_plsql Runtime

Configuring the Runtime Default Locale

mod_jserv Runtime for Java

OC4J Java Runtime

mod_plsql Runtime for PL/SQL and PL/SQL Server Pages

mod_perl Runtime for Perl Scripts

C/C++ Runtime

Configuring Oracle Application Server Portal for Global Deployment

Configuring Oracle Application Server Wireless for Global Deployment

Configuring Encoding for Outgoing Email Messages

Configuring Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On for Global Deployment

Configuring Oracle Application Server Forms Services for Global Deployment

Configuring Oracle Application Server Reports Services for Global Deployment

Configuring Oracle Application Server Discoverer for Global Deployment

Configuring Oracle Business Components for Java for Global Deployment

Configuring a Centralized Unicode-enabled Database to Support Global Deployment

6 A Multilingual Demo for Oracle Application Server

Description of the World-of-Books Demo

Architecture and Design of the World-of-Books Demo

World-of-Books Architecture

World-of-Books Design

World-of-Books Schema Design

Installing the World-of-Books Demo

Building, Deploying, and Running the World-of-Books Demo

How to Build the World-of-Books Demo

How to Deploy the World-of-Books Demo

How to Run the World-of-Books Demo

Locale Awareness of the World-of-Books Demo

How World-of-Books Determines the User’s Locale

How World-of-Books Uses Locale Information in Localizer Methods

How World-of-Books Sorts Query Results

How World-of-Books Searches the Contents of Books

Encoding HTML Pages for the World-of-Books Demo

Handling HTML Form Input for the World-of-Books Demo

Encoding URLs in the World-of-Books Demo

Formatting HTML Pages in the World-of-Books Demo

Accessing the Database in the World-of-Books Demo

Organizing the Content of HTML Pages in the World-of-Books Demo

Static Files for World-of-Books Online Help

Using Resource Bundles for the Content of World-of-Books HTML Pages

A Oracle Application Server Translated Languages

Glossary

Index