How to determine CHARACTER SET of Oracle 8 database

I can issue the following query to find out the CHARACTER SET of an Oracle 7.x database.

 select substr(value$, 1, 17) as nls_characterset  from props$
 where name = 'NLS_CHARACTERSET';

However, the props$ table is not in Oracle 8. How do I get this information in Oracle 8? Received on Fri Jul 10 1998 - 19:51:32 CDT