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ThisnotehelpsyouinloadingchinesecharactersusingSQL*Loader.

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OracleDatabaseEnterprise
Edition
InformationCenters

LogintotheUNIXserverandconfiguretheservertouseunicode.SetthecorrectenvironmentvariablesforLC_ALLand
NLS_LANG.

InformationCenter:Overview
DatabaseServer/Client
Installationand
Upgrade/Migration
[1351022.2]

Forexample,setenvironmentvariableNLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.UTF8forloadingchinesecharacterscorrectly.
Reference/Notes:

IndexofOracleDatabase
InformationCenters
[1568043.2]

Note788156.1AL32UTF8/UTF8(Unicode)DatabaseCharacterSetImplications

InformationCenter:Overview
ofDatabaseSecurityProducts
[1548952.2]

Note:UTF8canbe1,2,3or6bytes/character.anyAL32UTF8characterthatis4byteswillbestoredas2time3bytesin
UTF8.Theamountof"reallife"charactersthatwillbe6bytesislimitedandwillonlyexistwhenusing(some)chinesecharacters
see<Note69518.1>and<Note787371.1>.

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StoringandChecking
CharacterCodepointsinan
UTF8/AL32UTF8(Unicode)
database[69518.1]

altersessionsetNLS_LANGUAGE='dutch'
selectrpad('',5,'x')fromdual
selectrpad(to_nchar(''),5,to_nchar('x'))fromdual
altersessionsetNLS_LANGUAGE='simplifiedchinese'
selectrpad('',5,'x')fromdual
selectrpad(to_nchar(''),5,to_nchar('x'))fromdual
sessionSETaltered.

HOWTO
PUBLISHED
16Oct2012
16Oct2012

GOAL

AL16UTF16implementsthe"contextaware"behaviorof"East_Asian_WidthAmbiguous"characters.Note:thisneedsa
NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSETsettoAL16UTF16

AL32UTF8/UTF8(Unicode)
DatabaseCharacterSet
Implications[788156.1]

RPAD('',5,'X')

xxxx
RPAD(TO_NCHAR(''),5,TO_NCHAR('X'))

xxxx<<<<<hereis1displaywidthsbecausethecontext(NLS_LANGUAGE)isDutch
sessionSETaltered.
RPAD('',5,'X')

xxxx
RPAD(TO_NCHAR(''),5,TO_NCHAR('X'))

xxx<<<<<hereis2displaywidthsbecausethecontext(NLS_LANGUAGE)is
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Thiscanbeusedtoforce"East_Asian_WidthAmbiguous"characterstousea2displaywidth:
createorreplacefunctionRpad_amb(p_strvarchar2,p_occnumber,p_padvarchar2default'')return
varchar2is

v_nls_languagevarchar2(40)

v_Rapd_nNvarchar2(2000)
v_pad_nNvarchar2(2000)

begin

v_Rapd_n:=to_nchar(p_str)
v_pad_n:=to_nchar(p_pad)

selectvalueintov_nls_languagefromnls_session_parameterswhereparameter='NLS_LANGUAGE'

executeimmediate('altersessionsetNLS_LANGUAGE=''simplifiedchinese''')

v_Rapd_n:=Rpad(v_Rapd_n,p_occ,v_pad_n)

executeimmediate('altersessionsetNLS_LANGUAGE='''||v_nls_language||'''')

returnto_char(v_Rapd_n)

end

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Note:TheEastAsianlanguagesincludeChinese,Japanese,andKorean.Thecomplexscriptandrighttoleftlanguagesinclude
Arabic,Armenian,Georgian,Hebrew,theIndianlanguages,Thai,andVietnamese.

REFERENCES
NOTE:69518.1StoringandCheckingCharacterCodepointsinanUTF8/AL32UTF8(Unicode)database
NOTE:788156.1AL32UTF8/UTF8(Unicode)DatabaseCharacterSetImplications
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