Re: 8.1.5-to.9i-migration: Character Set Scanner Utility?

In article <3c90ae7f$0$186$4d4ebb8e_at_read.news.de.uu.net>, Holger Jannsen <holger.jannsen_at_portal.com> wrote:

> So I'd like to migrate from 8.1.5 on SuSE6.2 to 9.0.1 on SuSE7.3 and I've to
> take care about character sets, I think. I've read the offical site on
> http://oraclesvca1.conxion.com/otndoc/oracle9i/901_doc/server.901/a90236/ch1
> 0.htm ,but I couldn't find "csscan" on old installation. Is it because of I
> have to install a special oracle-package or 8.1.5 do not contain that
> utility?

Hi Holger,
the scanner is a 9i utility that alows you to check if you can safely convert a character set in a 9i database. For the migration you plan you don't need to convert character sets.

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Ronald
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