To change the character set to another that is not recognized as a superset use: Alter database <db-name> character set INTERNAL_USE <new_character_set>
This parameter is active for oracle 8.1 and above. Yechiel Adar Mehish ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 3:18 PM > We are currently having a character set problem. We have a > third-party product that is used for on-line courses (Prometheus from > Blackboard, Inc.). The character set that the instance was created with > was US7ASCII. The vendor says it should be WE8ISO8859P1, but we need to > support Chinese and Japanese characters. I contacted Oracle support, > and was told that the specified character set would not support those > characters, but that I should use UTF8. I altered the instance to use > UTF8 and ran into a CLOB problem. We installed patchset 4 (so we are > now 8.1.7.4.0 on Sun Solaris 2.8) and that problem went away. However, > none of the CLOB data is rendered properly in the application and I > don't have a tool that allows me to see it directly out of the database. > > I am tempted to try to change the character set to WE8ISO8859P1, as > the vendor requested, with the hope that any deficiencies in that > character set have been handled by their product. At this point, can I > change the instance from UTF8 to WE8ISO8859P1? I do have a tar open on > this issue and will be asking the same question there, but I'm hoping > I'll get a response here faster (ok, I'm expecting that I will). > > Thank you. > > -- > Scott Canaan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > (585) 475-7886 > "Life is like a sewer, what you get out of it depends on what you put > into it." - Tom Lehrer. > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Scott Canaan > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Yechiel Adar INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).