Re: Data Transfer and different Charactersets

  • From: "Amir Gheibi" <gheibia@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Hazem Ameen" <hazem.ameen@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:37:23 +0800

Thanks for your reply.
No I haven't. I think I'm gonna give the data pump a shot.


On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:50 PM, Hazem Ameen <hazem.ameen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Before exporting did you set the NLS_LANG to AL32UTF8
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> And you should set the NLS_LANG to WE8MSWIN1252 before importing
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> If you use data pump for export and import then there is no need to set any
> NLS_LANG. The utility does the conversion for you.
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> Here is a little test we ran similar to yours
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> http://ksadba.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/data-pump-arabic-character-set-conversion/
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> Hazem
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> *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Amir Gheibi
> *Sent:* Friday, November 14, 2008 10:14 AM
> *To:* oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* Data Transfer and different Charactersets
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> Hi
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> I have inherited an Oracle 10g (10.2.0) with the following charcterset
> information installed in a HP-UX server:
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> NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET: AL16UTF16
> NLS_CHARACTERSET: AL32UTF8
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> I also have another Oracle 10g installed in my own laptop (windows XP) with
> the following charcterset information:
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> NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET: AL16UTF16
> NLS_CHARACTERSET: WE8MSWIN1252
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> I'm trying to use "imp" and "exp" to export data from a tablespace in my
> own database and import it into the server database.
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> But the import process terminates because of the difference between server
> database's charcterset and the export file's.
> Is there a way to export or import data with different character set or
> convert the characterset on the fly?
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> I'm connecting to this server using VPN from my client. And I should say
> that I'm not a DBA. I'm maintaining this server temporarily.
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> Any help or idea is appreciated.
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