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Re: what characterset to use?

From: Ben <balvey_at_comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:20:46 -0700
Message-ID: <1188393646.062818.12200@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com>


On Aug 29, 4:53 am, sybra..._at_hccnet.nl wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:54:57 -0700, Ben <bal..._at_comcast.net> wrote:
> >After reading this it sounds like Oracle is saying that conversion is
> >a bad thing and that the database character set should be set the same
> >as the client.
>
> That is EXACTLY what Oracle is NOT (I REPEAT: NOT) saying.
>
> Oracle SAYS:
> THE DATABASE CHARACTERSET SHOULD BE THE SAME AS THE CHARACTERSET OF
> THE O/S.
>
> WHAT IS SO DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THAT?
>
> --
> Sybrand Bakker
> Senior Oracle DBA

All caps.?.?. Yeah, that's it. It is definitely harder to understand something typed in all caps. Received on Wed Aug 29 2007 - 08:20:46 CDT

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