gibberish on oracle 12.1 db sqlplus errors

Question

I am getting gebbrish on my sqlplus ORA errors. Example:

SQL> conn ur@mydb
Enter password:
ERROR:
ORA-01017: ┐┐┐┐┐ ┐┐┐┐┐/┐┐┐┐┐ ┐┐ ┐┐┐┐┐; ┐┐┐┐┐┐┐┐ ┐┐┐┐┐

this is my nls_lang on the registry: AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8MSWIN1252

I have windows 8 64 bit. Oracle db 12.1.0.1. Tried everything.

Thank you for the help.

Answer 1

Try: I had the same problem, solved when I changed the NLS_VALUE to AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8MSWIN1252

Procedure
Run the following queries to get the corresponding values:
SELECT VALUE as Language FROM NLS_DATABASE_PARAMETERS WHERE PARAMETER='NLS_LANGUAGE';
SELECT VALUE as Territory FROM NLS_DATABASE_PARAMETERS WHERE PARAMETER='NLS_TERRITORY';
SELECT VALUE as Characterset FROM NLS_DATABASE_PARAMETERS WHERE PARAMETER='NLS_CHARACTERSET';
The NLS_LANG parameter is set as: <Language>_<Territory>.<Characterset> (for example, set NLS_LANG = AMERICAN_AMERICA.UTF8)

To set the value of the NLS_LANG parameter in Windows, verify the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/ORACLE/NLS_LANG entry in the registry.
To set the value of the NLS_LANG parameter in UNIX, NLS_LANG is set as a local environment variable

source: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ssfs/v9r2/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.help.install.doc%2Ft_ConfiguringTheNLS_LANGParameterForAnOracleClient.html