Re: NLS question

From: Martin Berger <martin.a.berger_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 08:10:26 +0100
Message-ID: <AANLkTik8JTY+iCkhBuy30R72D46JaxNpU3tjCVEpLntQ_at_mail.gmail.com>



Jimmy,

> NLS_CHARACTERSET=US7ASCII means 256 characters see http://www.asciitable.com/
>
>

that's not 100% true.
only the first 127 char are defined.
That's what the 7 is standing for - ASCII 7-bit America

Yes, you can trick the DB to store some 8-bit values. This will bring you into a huge load of fun.

sorry,
 Martin

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