RE: Characterset Conversion

From: Mark W. Farnham <mwf_at_rsiz.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:28:40 -0400
Message-ID: <07fd01cfee36$c4db8840$4e9298c0$_at_rsiz.com>

I find it a bit odd that US7ASCII to AL32UTF8 is not loss-less.  

What characters is it saying you will lose?  

mwf  

From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Scott Canaan
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 4:23 PM To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Characterset Conversion  

I have a database that has to be converted from US7ASCII to AL32UTF8 before the application can be upgraded. I tried using the CSSCAN tool and it told me that I can't do it that way because data would be lost. I'm trying to figure out how to run the dmu tool, but the instructions that I have from the vendor are all for Windows servers and we run in Red Hat 6, so it isn't working. The database version is 11.2.0.3. Has anyone fought through this
(as it appears to not be a simple task)? If so, can you give me some
pointers on how to make it work? Or is there a simpler way to do this?  

Thank you,  

Scott Canaan '88 (srcdco_at_rit.edu)

(585) 475-7886 - work

"Life is like a sewer, what you get out of it depends on what you put into it." - Tom Lehrer  

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