Re: what characterset to use?

From: Martin T. <0xCDCDCDCD_at_gmx.at>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:15:31 +0200
Message-ID: <46d6a7ea$0$1339$834e42db@reader.greatnowhere.com>

Laurenz Albe wrote:
> Martin T. <0xCDCDCDCD_at_gmx.at> wrote:

>> If I run the Oracle database on Windows, should it be Unicode or 
>> Windows-1252?

>
> Oracle recommends UNICODE:
> http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/columns/trute_unicode.html
> and Metalink note 333489.1 say so.
>
> I agree with Oracle.
> It is always safe to choose AL32UTF8 as database character set.
>
> (...)

Ah yes. Makes sense. UTF8 the way to go.

cheers,
Martin Received on Thu Aug 30 2007 - 06:15:31 CDT