Oracle9i SQL Reference Release 2 (9.2) Part Number A96540-01 |
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nls_charset_id::=
NLS_CHARSET_ID
returns the character set ID number corresponding to character set name text
. The text
argument is a run-time VARCHAR2
value. The text
value 'CHAR_CS
' returns the database character set ID number of the server. The text
value 'NCHAR_CS
' returns the national character set ID number of the server.
Invalid character set names return null.
The following example returns the character set ID of a character set:
SELECT NLS_CHARSET_ID('ja16euc') FROM DUAL; NLS_CHARSET_ID('JA16EUC') ------------------------- 830
See Also:
Oracle9i Database Globalization Support Guide for a list of character set names |
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