Convert UTF8 to WE8ISO8859P1 or WE8ISO8859P15

Question

Hi!
If got the following situation:
I've got a database with the character set WE8ISO8859P1.
I've got a second database with UTF8.
I think all databases are 10.2.xx
There is a pl/sql interface on the WE8ISO8859P1 Database which reads data from the UTF8 database via database link.
But after inserting UTF8-data into the WE8ISO8859P1 database, the are not converted correctly automaticaly.
How can i convert UTF8-data within my WE8ISO8859P1 database to WE8ISO8859P1-data?
Is there a standard function within the WE8ISO8859P1 database?
e.g. Select standard_convert_func(my_col, 'UTF8', 'WE8ISO8859P1') from myTable@db_link
Or is the better way to convert this utf8-data to WE8ISO8859P1 within the UTF-8 database?
insert into my_interface_tabele(my_col) select standard_convert_func(my_col, 'UTF8', 'WE8ISO8859P1') from my_utf8_base_tabel;
Thank you for your help!
Best regards,
Thomas

Answer 1

Hi!
Within my ISO-DB i receive the following results in SQL*Plus:
SQL> select convert(DN_DIENSTTITEL, 'WE8ISO8859P1', 'UTF8')
2 from dn_stammtest@lsal_n_pep_test_link;
CONVERT(DN_DIENSTTITEL,'WE8ISO8859P1','UTF8')
A K B A R I A N `ag6 ¿ N a t a l
SQL> ed
Datei afiedt.buf wurde geschrieben
1 select dump(DN_DIENSTTITEL)
2* from dn_stammtest@lsal_n_pep_test_link
SQL> r
1 select dump(DN_DIENSTTITEL)
2* from dn_stammtest@lsal_n_pep_test_link
DUMP(DN_DIENSTTITEL)
Typ=1 Len=40: 0,65,0,75,0,66,0,65,0,82,0,73,0,65,0,78,0,32,1,96,1,97,1,103,4,54,32,172,0,32,0,78,0,9
I will contact the DB-Admin to do this select within the UTF8 DB.
Best regards.
Thomas