December 2002
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NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS
Value: see description
Default: derived
Dynamic: ALTER SESSION
Specifies the characters to use as the group separator and decimal. This parameter setting overrides those defined implicitly by NLS_TERRITORY.
The two characters specified must be single-byte, and the characters must be different from each other. The characters cannot be any numeric character or any of the following characters: plus (+), hyphen (-), less-than sign (<), greater-than sign (>). The characters are specified in the following format:
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS = "<decimal_character><group_separator>"