DB CHARACTER SET

Hello,

What is the fast way to find the character set of a database (suppose that you lost the script used to create the db) ?

Thanks

Sofiane

Hi,
U can fire a query against v$parameter.The following is the query

select name,value from v$parameter where name like '%db%';
or
in server manager type
SVRMGR> show parameter db

In case of any help write to me at rohitsn@altavista.com

Regards,
Rohit Nirkhe,Oracle DBA,OCP
rohitsn@altavista.com

SELECT Name,Value$ FROM sys.props$ WHERE Name='NLS_CHARACTERSET';

v$parameter will not tell u character set or national character set.

Actually three ways:

As said before in thread, query sys.props$

2) alter database backup controlfile to trace (and open the trace file)

3) query v$nls_parameters

There is a public view provided for this:

SELECT * FROM nls_database_parameters WHERE parameter = 'NLS_CHARACTERSET';