not sure if if you want to convert to utf8 from WE8ISO8859P1 or the opposite but the follwing metalink documents can help you Note:119164.1 valid superset definitions & Note:260192.1 conversion to utf8 from WE8ISO8859P1 Greg Faktor <FAKTORG@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi All, Oracle 9.2 on SunOS Is it possible to change character set from UTF8 from WE8ISO8859P1 using alter database command? ccscan utility returned no errors. Database size very small. If this is possible, do I need to exp/imp after that? Thanks. Greg --- To unsubscribe - mailto:oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx&subject=unsubscribe To read recent messages - //freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/09-2004 --- To unsubscribe - mailto:oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx&subject=unsubscribe To read recent messages - //freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/09-2004