Why ACP != OEMCP (usually)http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2005/02/08/369197.aspxOne thing people may notice right away when dealing with the command console is that the default ANSI code page (ACP) does not match the OEM code page (OEMCP) for most locales. It all goes back to DOS (as many things do!).... When there was DOS, the codeen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)re: Why ACP != OEMCP (usually)http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2005/02/08/369197.aspx#369306Tue, 08 Feb 2005 20:09:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:369306Michael KaplanOf course I did not include 874 (Thai) but that was not a &quot;125x&quot; series codepage....re: Why ACP != OEMCP (usually)http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2005/02/08/369197.aspx#369541Wed, 09 Feb 2005 01:18:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:369541Mike&gt;Aren't you glad you are using Unicode and do not need to worry about any of this? :-) <br> <br>... and can instead devote your life to normalization issues!Keep your eye on the code pagehttp://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2005/02/08/369197.aspx#389528Tue, 08 Mar 2005 18:01:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:389528The Old New ThingThere are two 8-bit code pages in common use in Windows. Make sure you know the difference.re: Keep your eye on the code pagehttp://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2005/02/08/369197.aspx#390091Wed, 09 Mar 2005 07:48:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:390091The Old New ThingCleaning out the suggestion box a bithttp://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2005/02/08/369197.aspx#412979Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:01:14 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:412979Sorting It All OutThe theme for this post is going to be disappointing people's hopes.... picking out suggestions that...Why is the default console codepage called &amp;quot;OEM&amp;quot;?http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2005/02/08/369197.aspx#457487Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:00:15 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:457487The Old New ThingBecause it once was, though no longer is.Oracletech / Oracle 11g SQL*PLUS on Windows - fighting NLS_LANG, code pages and character setshttp://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2005/02/08/369197.aspx#9634612Fri, 22 May 2009 05:05:21 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9634612Oracletech / Oracle 11g SQL*PLUS on Windows - fighting NLS_LANG, code pages and character sets<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://oracletech.com.au/2009/05/22/oracle-11g-sqlplus-on-windows-fighting-nls_lang-code-pages-and-character-sets/">http://oracletech.com.au/2009/05/22/oracle-11g-sqlplus-on-windows-fighting-nls_lang-code-pages-and-character-sets/</a></p>