No, the default is US7ASCII. See table 3-2 at http://docs.oracle.com/cd_a97630/server.920/a96529/ch3.htm#56354. That's why you're losing the extended characters.
Gary -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 5:13 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L See, this is why this stuff confuses me.. shouldn't UTF8 accept the diacritical marks? argh... in any case, it's working now Rachel --- "SARKAR, Samir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rachel, > > The Unix server generally looks for the character set > AMERICAN_AMERICA.UTF8 unless you specify it explicitly otherwise by > setting the environmental > variable > before the installation commences. > > Samir > > Samir Sarkar > Oracle DBA > SchlumbergerSema > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone : +44 (0) 115 - 957 6028 > EPABX : +44 (0) 115 - 957 6418 Ext. 76028 > Fax : +44 (0) 115 - 957 6018 > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: 27 August 2002 16:48 > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Ron, > > You were dead on correct (send me your snail mail address offlist and > I'll send you a signed copy of Oracle9i DBA 101) > > Anjo, you were right too but you already have, or should be getting, > a > copy of the book. I'll buy you a beer at the next conference :) > > Very strange. I was loading ON the server itself, not from my client. > Database is 9.2, my client on my PC is 8.1.7. The load worked from my > PC but not from the server. The pertinent default NLS parameters, > from > NLS_DATABASE_PARAMETERS, when I do NOT set NLS_LANG are > > PARAMETER VALUE > ------------------------------ > ---------------------------------------- > NLS_LANGUAGE AMERICAN > NLS_TERRITORY AMERICA > NLS_CHARACTERSET WE8ISO8859P1 > NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET AL16UTF16 > NLS_RDBMS_VERSION 9.2.0.1.0 > > which looks right but the load doesn't work. When I set the Unix > environment variable NLS_LANG to AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8ISO8859P1, the > load works properly. Anyone want to explain THAT to me? > > and the docs are, as usual, clear as mud. I figured it out with the > hints from Ron and Anjo and testing inserts from my PC and the server > directly. > > Hope this helps some other poor soul in the future! > > Rachel > > --- Ron Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Make sure your environment NLS_LANG matches how the data is encoded > > in your flat file. > > > > Also, does the database characterset handle whatever special > > characters you are trying to import? > > > > Ron Thomas > > Hypercom, Inc > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If A = B and B = C, then A = C, except where void or prohibited by > > law. -- Roy Santoro > > > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > To: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > 08/26/02 02:41 PM cc: > > > > > Please respond to Subject: sql loader > > control file help > > ORACLE-L > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am not, by any means, a SQL*Loader expert (Jonathan, I keep > meaning > > to get your book!) > > > > Here's the thing: > > > > I have a flat file with character data that includes special > > characters > > (like accents and diacritical marks over letters). When I load the > > data > > in using SQL*Loader, the special characters disappear and are > > replaced > > by the letter (so Dvorák goes on as Dvorak). > > > > How can I get the data in as it should be? I've been reading and > will > > continue to read the fine manual, but I'm not finding this... > > > > Help! > > > > Rachel > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! 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