Oracle Database 10g Developer 6i Settings For Arabic Urdu Support Work Verified

Important Note: Oracle Developer 6i is very old (circa 2000s) and was not fully Unicode-compliant. Oracle Database 10g is also desupported. The settings below represent the best possible legacy configuration for Arabic/Urdu support.

To configure Oracle Developer 6i for Arabic and Urdu support, you need to set the character set and font settings. Important Note : Oracle Developer 6i is very

2. Handling Urdu Input

Use WHEN-VALIDATE-ITEM to ensure no invalid characters: No contextual shaping for Urdu (ل + ا

5. Known Limitations with Developer 6i

• No contextual shaping for Urdu (ل + ا + م → لا is not automatic; you must enter precomposed characters).
• No bidirectional (BiDi) text reordering in older 6i versions. Upgrade to Forms 6i Patch 13+ or Forms 10g/11g for proper RTL.
• Reports 6i may reverse numbers in RTL mode – workaround: use separate numeric fields with left justification.
• Triggers in Arabic object names may cause errors – use English object names.

• Oracle Database 19c/21c with AL32UTF8
• Oracle APEX (web-based, full RTL support)
• Oracle Forms 12c/14c (built-in Unicode and BiDi)

DECLARE
    v_check VARCHAR2(100);
BEGIN
    v_check := :block.urdu_field;
    -- Basic check for Urdu Unicode range (U+0600 to U+06FF)
    IF NOT REGEXP_LIKE(v_check, '[\u0600-\u06FF]') THEN
        MESSAGE('Please enter Urdu/Arabic text only');
        RAISE FORM_TRIGGER_FAILURE;
    END IF;
END;

Step 2: Configure Forms runtime