Jay Chandru scripsit:
> I wanted to know the differences between AL32UTF8 and UTF8. My database (oracle)
> will be in AL32UTF8 format. Will the applications that require multibyte characters
> work as they are functionin in UTF8 format.
The Oracle UTF8 format is really CESU-8, whereas the AL32UTF8 format is
true UTF-8. The difference shows up in characters beyond U+FFFF, which
are represented with six bytes in UTF8 format, four bytes in AL32UTF8
format.
UTF8 format is not very interoperable, whereas AL32UTF8 format is.
I recommend that you use the latter.
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