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Re: NLS_CHARACTERSET and NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET both set to UTF8 ?

From: <sybrandb_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 8 Feb 2006 02:20:03 -0800
Message-ID: <1139394003.739540.124850@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>


In Oracle 9i , nchar characterset is *either* AL16UTF16 or UTF-8, independent of the setting of the characterset. This is a documented feature.

Some Oracle applications also (like OID) *require* UTF-8 as the characterset.

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Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA Received on Wed Feb 08 2006 - 04:20:03 CST

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