Re: Oracle 8i + changing language

#1 (**permalink**) 02-22-2008, 06:26 PM

Maybe you will find you answer here (Oracle doc on the subject) :
http://balrog.wu-wien.ac.at/sql/a96529.pdf

On Fri, 03 Jan 2003 21:04:37 -0500, Ed_Zep wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I have to change the character set of the databases at our university
> from US7ASCII so that we can print European accents on letters. Eg. ç,
> è, etc. This has to include western and central/eastern European.
>
> My questions are:
>
> 1. Can I have WEISO... and EEISO... on the same database at the same
> time?
>
> 2. If so, what's the best way of doing this? Do I need to export,
> recreate the db. and import having changed the character set i the
> crdb####.sql file? I tried this, but had problems. Is it possible to
> have a script that rebuilds the database without data and then I can do
> the import?
>
> I know Oracle 8i has a utility to change the character set without
> having to rebuild the db. Has anyone used it? Should I use it?
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Happy New Year.
>
> Ed.

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