Message-Id: <10632.118100@fatcity.com> From: Thomas Jeff Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 20:50:14 -0500 Subject: RE: Moving from WE8ISO8859P1 to UTF8? Suzy, Appreciate the feedback. I had already seen that note. There's a restriction on the ALTER DATABASE CHARACTER SET in that you can only use this command if the original character set is US7ASCII. What I was looking for is some feedback as to performance (or other) consequences of using UTF8. I'm aware of the storage issues, which might require column resizing for some of our tables. The tool requiring the change is Vignette's StoryServer. We seem to be getting conflicting information from the vendor, one support droid claiming UTF8 is needed for multi-language support, another saying WE8ISO8859P1 will suffice. Jeff T. thomasje@tce.com -----Original Message----- From: Suzy Vordos [mailto:lvordos@datsit.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 8:31 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: Moving from WE8ISO8859P1 to UTF8? Really simple if they are 8i databases, it can be done with alter database. Look at Metalink note #66320.1 and also read the NLS Support Guide http://technet.oracle.com/doc/oracle8i_816/server.816/a76966/toc.htm Thomas Jeff wrote: > > We are in a situation, due to a 3rd party tool requirement, where > we have to rebuild some databases to change the characterset from > from WE8IS08859P1 to UTF8. For anyone who has done thi could you > provide information as to consequences of the rebuild, cavaeats/experience > with UTF8, etc? > > Thanks, > Jeff T. > thomasje@tce.com > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Thomas Jeff > INET: ThomasJe@tce.com > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Suzy Vordos INET: lvordos@datsit.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).