Db upgrade
Hi ,
I am going to upgarde the db from 8.1.7.4 to 10.2.0.4 and the current charecterset is :
SQL> select * from NLS_DATABASE_PARAMETERS where parameter like '%CHAR%';
I am going to upgarde the db from 8.1.7.4 to 10.2.0.4 and the current charecterset is :
SQL> select * from NLS_DATABASE_PARAMETERS where parameter like '%CHAR%';
PARAMETER VALUE
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NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS .,
NLS_CHARACTERSET US7ASCII
NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET US7ASCII
My question is-when I should change it to UTF8 and is there any issue by changing this characterset?
Thanks,
MK
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