NLS_CHARSET_NAME

NLS_CHARSET_NAME returns the name of the character set corresponding to the character set ID number.

SQL syntax

NLS_CHARSET_NAME(Number)

Parameters

NLS_CHARSET_NAME has the parameter:

Parameter	Description
Number	The number represents a character set ID. If the number does not correspond to a supported TimesTen character set ID, NULL is returned.

Description

The character set name is returned as a VARCHAR2 value in the database character set.

Examples

The following example returns the database character set corresponding to character set ID number 1:

Command> SELECT nls_charset_name(1) FROM dual;
< US7ASCII >
1 row found.

The following example gets the same result, determining the name of the database character set by providing CHAR_CS as the character set name within the NLS_CHARSET_ID function, whose results are provided to the NLS_CHARSET_NAME function:

SELECT NLS_CHARSET_NAME(NLS_CHARSET_ID('CHAR_CS')) FROM dual;
< US7ASCII >
1 row found.

See the previous section, "NLS_CHARSET_ID" for related information.