RE: New Character set

> Hi everyone,
> I have a base in US7ASCII and I need to convert it to an
> 8 bit ASCII
> set. We have a need to store things like a degree sign and
> other ASCII
> characters that are not in the US7ASCII set. What I was
> wondering is if
> there is a recommended 8 bit ASCII character set or should I
> just pick
> one? It is an Oracle 8 base on hp-ux 10.2. Any
> suggestions? Thank you
> in advance
> --Chris
> Chris.Bowes_at_KoSa.com

There are quite a few metalink articles on this, but essentially, WE8ISO8859P1 is a very common choice, as is WE8ISO8859P15 (the new code page that includes euro support). I'd recommend the latter if you have a choice.

Ciao
Fuzzy
:-)

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