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Character Set Question?

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#1: May 27 '09
I have the NLS_CHARACTERSET = WE8MSWIN1252 and i was wondering is this UTF8 and if not, what is the UTF8 characterset code?

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#2: May 27 '09

re: Character Set Question?

it looks like Windows-1252

according to google NLS_CHARACTERSET=UTF8 should work
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#3: Jul 1 '09

re: Character Set Question?

Can the database be changed to UTF-8 anytime but exporting the data, changing the DB server to UTF-8 and re-importing the data?
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