Re: EXPORT / character set - question

In article <35181968.2929522_at_www.sigov.si>, Jurij Modic <jurij.modic_at_mf.sigov.mail.si> wrote:
>On Tue, 24 Mar 1998 14:56:25 GMT, schueren_at_mpi-fg-koeln.mpg.de (Manuel
>Schueren) wrote:
>
>>Hi!
>>
>>We've created a database (ORACLE 7 Server) with the "character set
>>'WE8ISO8859P1'"-option, but the export starts with the message "Export
>>done in US7ASCII character set".
>>
>>Can anyone tell me why and how to export with the database charcter
>>set?
>
>WHY:
>Because with your current setup you'll loose all 8-bit characters.

Not necessarily. I was somewhat surprised to learn that Oracle will attempt to convert. This may be a lossy conversion, or not, depending on the exact characters. See the National Language references in the Server Utilities manual for details. I thought for sure all those accents would have been gone... :)

>
>HOW:
>Set your NLS_LANG envuronment variable in the OS environment from
>where you are starting your export session. If you don't set it,
>Oracle takes the default setting AMERICAN_AMERICA.US7ASCII, and I
>belive this is causing your problems. If you are on Unix, use
>something like (it depends on the type of shell you are using):
>$ NLS_LANG=GERMAN_GERMANY.WE8ISO8859P1
>$ export NLS_LANG
>
>If you are on MSWin 32-bit, set the NLS_LANG in the registry
>(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SOFTWARE -> ORACLE). If you are on MSWin
>16-bit, set it in your ORACLE.INI .
>
>If you are on .......
>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>Manuel Schueren
>
>Regards,
>============================================================
>Jurij Modic Republic of Slovenia
>jurij.modic_at_mf.sigov.mail.si Ministry of Finance
>============================================================
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