Re: national character set and database set

On Dec 12, 10:49 am, "aman.oracle.dba" <aman.oracle...._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Laurenz Albe wrote:
> > oracle dba <aoracle..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > > what is the difference in national character set and database set of a
> > > database.
> > > how is it effect the data of database.
>
> > Please read the documentation!
>
> > The national character set is the character set used in NCHAR,
> > NVARCHAR2 and NCLOB columns. For all other text columns, the database
> > character set is used.
>
> > The national character set basically is a wart, probably originating in
> > the times when it was not possible or safe to have a UNICODE database
> > character set. I cannot think of any good use case in a 10g database.
>
> > Yours,
> > Laurenz AlbeIs it correct that oracle is using only UTF8 for database character set.- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -

No. Why don't you read the documentation?

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Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA