character set on exp log

From: Amy Davidson <davidson_at_spectec.it>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 15:08:18 +0100
Message-ID: <7ah731$pi2$1@nslave1.tin.it>

I watched over someones shoulder today as they created a database on NT. They chose the US7ASCII character set I am certain!

I did an export today of that same database. The following is the top of the exp.log file:

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Connected to: Oracle7 Server Release 7.3.3.0.0 - Production Release With the distributed, replication, parallel query and Spatial Data options PL/SQL Release 2.3.3.0.0 - Production
Export done in WE8ISO8859P1 character set

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If the database was created with US7ASCII why does the export log say that the character set is WE8ISO8859P1?

Regards,
Amy Received on Thu Feb 18 1999 - 08:08:18 CST