Re: significance of character set

How can I check the characeter set that I am using ? Is it possible to change it if I find that I have set it wrong ? if so, How can I do it ?

Thanks

Eddy

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<82o95m$14dsu$1_at_oceanite.cybercable.fr>,   "Michel Cadot" <micadot_at_netcourrier.com> wrote:
> Character set is the way all the characters are
coded
> (translated into an internal binary code).
>
> If you are french you will use e with acute
accent, if
> you are german sharp s, icelandic tohrn or eth,
> spanish n tilde, and all the chinese or arabic
characters.
>
> All these characters are not present in all the
character
> sets so you have to choose one and let Oracle
know what is
> your set of characters and what translation
function
> it will use to store these characters.
>
> --
> Have a nice day
> Michel
>
> Anurag <anurag_at_synergy-infotech.com> a écrit
dans le message :
> 1d3767a6.aacec1e4_at_usw-ex0101-001.remarq.com...
> > Hi,
> > What is a character set and why do we need to
initialize it when
> > creating a databaase.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Anurag
> >
> > also reply at
> > anurag_at_synergy-infotech.com
> >
> >
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