Skip to Main Content

Breadcrumb

Question and Answer

Connor McDonald

Thanks for the question, Evgenia.

Asked: January 22, 2019 - 12:35 pm UTC

Last updated: January 23, 2019 - 4:09 am UTC

Version: 12.1

Viewed 1000+ times

You Asked

Hi,

We are working on DB migration from Solaris to Exadata Linux.
The current NLS_CHARACTERSET is AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8MSWIN1252.

Does Exadata on Linux support NLS_CHARACTERSET AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8MSWIN1252?
Is it MUST to migrate to AL32UTF8?

Thanks,
Evgenia

and Connor said...

You can have differing charactersets, but since you're doing a migration I would take this opportunity to move to AL32UTF8.

I can't think of a reason I'd not use AL32UTF8 for any new database nowadays.

Is this answer out of date? If it is, please let us know via a Comment
more

Connor and Chris don't just spend all day on AskTOM. You can also catch regular content via Connor's blog and Chris's blog. Or if video is more your thing, check out Connor's latest video and Chris's latest video from their Youtube channels. And of course, keep up to date with AskTOM via the official twitter account.

More to Explore

Administration

Need more information on Administration? Check out the Administrators guide for the Oracle Database