Your suggested character set is fine. Think about if there is any possibility that your appliactions will require non-us character sets in the future. It is easier to do a conversion to utf-8 or 16 at migration time than afterwards. Allan -----Original Message----- =46rom: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gene Sais Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 9:36 AM 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=3F =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)=3F =20 =20 Thanks, Gene =20 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l ___________________________________________________________________________= ___ This email is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is = addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. = Copying, forwarding or distributing this message by persons or entities = other than the addressee is prohibited. If you have received this email in = error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from = any computer. This email may have been monitored for policy compliance. = [021216] -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l