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Re: How do I find the character set of an Oracle database

From: Knut Talman <knut.talman_at_mytoys.de>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 17:05:30 +0200
Message-ID: <ad06fi$1g$1@crusher.de.colt.net>


> I was wondering if there was a method of finding out which character set
> a particular oracle database was using for a user that does not have DBA
> privileges.

SELECT value FROM v$nls_parameters WHERE parameter='NLS_CHARACTERSET';

Regards,

Knut Received on Tue May 28 2002 - 10:05:30 CDT

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