Re: Determining character set size

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 00:15:50 +0200
Message-ID: <tg0m4ldmfu954f@beta-news.demon.nl>

"ron" <a_at_non.anon> wrote in message news:3B0047B0.86CD4363_at_non.anon...
> Hi, how do I find out how many bits the character set is on
> an Oracle 8i server. ie: 7 bit or 8 bit....
>
> Thanks
>
> Sean
>

Usually when a characterset is 7-bit it has a '7' in the name, and when it is 8-bit it has a '8' in the name.
Does that answer your question?
For the rest this obviously is a doc question and it might be sensible for you to read the NLS documentation.

Regards,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA Received on Mon May 14 2001 - 17:15:50 CDT