set $NLS_LANG before connecting so Oracle knows we're using UTF-8

diff --git a/includes/DatabaseOracle.php b/includes/DatabaseOracle.php
index ddda0ef..1fd2d91 100644 (file)
--- a/includes/DatabaseOracle.php
+++ b/includes/DatabaseOracle.php
@@ -135,11 +135,12 @@ class DatabaseOracle extends Database {
         * If the failFunction is set to a non-zero integer, returns success
         */
        function open( $server, $user, $password, $dbName ) {
-               # Test for Postgres support, to avoid suppressed fatal error
                if ( !function_exists( 'oci_connect' ) ) {
                        throw new DBConnectionError( $this, "Oracle functions missing, have you compiled PHP with the --with-oci8 option?\n (Note: if you recently installed PHP, you may need to restart your webserver and database)\n" );
                }
 
+               # Needed for proper UTF-8 functionality
+               putenv("NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8");
 
                $this->close();
                $this->mServer = $server;