I don't know about US requirements but that characterset does not = contain the Euro symbol. The character set WEISO8859P15 does. However I thought you may be moving to a 8 bit characterset such as UTF8 John -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Gene Sais Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 3:36 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Which Character Set for 9.2 Clarification: What character set do most people in the USA use (WE8ISO8859P1) for their 9.2 databases? =20 >>> Gene Sais 10/26/2004 10:32:35 AM >>> I am upgrading my databases from 8i to 9.2.0.5. Currently, most of my databases are using the character set US7ASCII. What character set do most people in the USA use (WE8ISO8859P1)? =20 =20 Thanks, Gene =20 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l