Which of the following are valid settings for the NLS_COMP parameter? (Choose all that
apply.)
A.
ASCII
B.
ANSI
C.
BINARY
D.
MONOLINGUAL
E.
MULTILINGUAL
Explanation:
NLS_COMP specifies the collation behavior of the database session.
Values:
BINARY
Normally, comparisons in the WHERE clause and in PL/SQL blocks is binary unless you
specify the NLSSORT function.
LINGUISTICComparisons for all SQL operations in the WHERE clause and in PL/SQL blocks should use
the linguistic sort specified in the NLS_SORT parameter. To improve the performance, you
can also define a linguistic index on the column for which you want linguistic comparisons.
ANSI
A setting of ANSI is for backwards compatibility; in general, you should set NLS_COMP to
LINGUISTIC
