UTF8 or AL16UTF16

From: Harvinder Singh <Harvinder.Singh_at_MetraTech.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 13:56:57 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.003D25F4.20011130132017@fatcity.com>

Hi,
We need to store the unicode data in column defined as varchar2 datatype so we have to use unicode data set.
In 9i which is the preferred value for (<FONT face="Times New Roman">NLS_CHARACTERSET and NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET)
UTF8 or AL16UTF16 and why?
Thanks
-Harvinder Received on Fri Nov 30 2001 - 15:56:57 CST