Character set conversion problem when importing application with script.

Question

Our database has character set: WE8MSWIN1252
We have a region with the following title: Kopiëren. The ë is stored as character 235 in the database.
When I make an application export the file is in UTF-8. The ë is now stored as hex C3 AB in this file.
When importing the application using the Apex tool, the ë is again stored as character 235 in the database.
In our installation script we use some code to load the application. It look something like this:
declare
begin
   -- Determine workspace ID
   apex_application_install.set_workspace_id(l_workspace_id);
   -- Determine app ID
   apex_application_install.set_application_id(l_app_id);
   apex_application_install.generate_offset;
   apex_application_install.set_schema(l_schema);
   apex_application_install.set_application_alias(l_schema);
   l_app_id := apex_application_install.get_application_id;
end;
@..\apex\f200.sqlThis works fine except that no character set conversion takes place. The UTF-8 character is placed in the database so our region has as title: Kopiëren
Is there a way to fix this?

Answer 1

Hi Rene,
The character set portion of your local NLS_LANG environment variable should be AL32UTF8, and this should be set prior to you importing your application via SQL*Plus.
Joel