Converting db from WE8ISO8859P1 to UTF-8

I am running an Oracle 10g database with approx 60 tables. We are going global so we need to convert to unicode. Currently our database doesn't contain any special characters (all english ASCII data).
I have read through the "Character Set Migration" book from Oracle (http://www.cs.umb.edu/cs634/ora9idocs/server.920/a96529/ch10.htm) but i'm still not clear on whether i will need to manually alter all my tables to expand the size of my fields.
I'm hoping someone who has done this conversion can advise me. If my db doesn't currently store any special charcters then i shouldn't lose data in the conversion, correct? Do i still need to expand my field in case in the future special characters are entered into the db. For example a name field that is VARCHAR2(10). If Janpanese characters are entered then the field can only hold 5 characters???
If i do need to expand all my fields is there any slick oracle utility to expand my field by 3 times?? or do i have to manually run alters on my tables??
Also, can i run the conversion by issuing the ALTER DATABASE command or do i have to do the full export/import? Oracle states "if, and only if, the new character set is a strict superset of the current character set, it is possible to use the ALTER DATABASE CHARACTER SET statement to expedite the change in the database character set." Isn't UTF-8 a superset of WE8ISO8859P1??
Any feedback or other gotchas would be greatly appreciated.

A few suggestions:
1. If your database is 10g and your client software is only 9i and 10g based, migrate to AL32UTF8, not to UTF8.
2. Do not use ALTER DATABASE with 10g. Use csscan to scan your database to confirm that you really have only ASCII. Your scan should show only Changless data, no Convertible or Exceptional Data. Convertible data is allowed in Data Dictionary columns of type CLOB only.
3. Then, you should be able to change the character set using the script
?/rdbms/admin/csalter.plb
It will change the database character set to the last TOCHAR value
from the csscan run. Do not specify the FROMCHAR parameter.
DO NOT play with csalter.plb without a BACKUP!!!
4. VARCHAR2(10) in [AL32]UTF8 will be able to hold only 3 Japanese characters.
5. I am afraid, the trick with NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS and import will not work,
because Export emits the BYTE keyword in CREATE TABLE.
You would have to use the impdp sqlfile and run the statements from there.
-- Sergiusz

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*1) Is that ok to convert the database character set without doing anything in the apps side? Not even change any setting in apps?*
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*2) I know Oracle is recommend AL32UTF8 for E-business suite.. but for Rel 12 only. Am I have the right information?*
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*3) I found someone post in one of the Forum in here .. that he use CSSCAN to scan the database but realized it only change the metadata not the user data..... I though CSSCAN is only for scanning to report potential data.. should not change anything in database? I wonder he mean CSaLTER instead.... but only metadata huh??*
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http://avdeo.com/2010/11/01/converting-migerating-database-character-set/
*4) I also read some people use expdp/impdp to perform the character set conversion... but I also read that oracle recommend to use exp/import utility only. Is that right? What is the better method for character set conversion if both of them are valid path?*
yes.
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Hi, i am trying to migrate my data from WE8ISO8859P1 to AR8MSWIN1256.
The problem is that the client apparently has its data stored in WE8ISO8859P1 but
to read data from the database was using some function his developers coded which converts the characters read
into a non standard charset format because they wanted the data to be shown in farsi which would have been resolved
a long time ago had they used AR8MSIN1256.
So they are retrieving characters stored in WEISO8859P1,transform them using this function which is a PLSQL function by the way, and show the right data which is in a non standard charset.
knowing that AR8MSWIN1256 is not a superset of WE8ISO8859P1, i still tried to import/export the data but of course it did not work.
can anybody give me some ideas to work with?
thank you

i know there should not be this function in the middle, but anyway i am trying this on a test DB.
here's the code for that function
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION convertp ( panizstr varchar2)
RETURN VARCHAR2
IS
type t_paniz is table of char index by binary_integer;
type t_asci is table of char index by binary_integer;
tpaniz varchar2(45);
tasci t_asci;
len number;
i number;
res number;
cod number;
j number;
freturn varchar2(55);
BEGIN
i:=1;
j:=1;
tpaniz:=panizstr;
len:=length(panizstr);
while (i<=55) loop
tasci(i):='';
i:=i+1;
end loop;
res:=0;
i:=1;
while (i <=len) loop
cod:=0;
--alef
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=145
then
tasci(j):='Â';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--alef
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=146 or
(ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=147 then
tasci(j):='Ç';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--en
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=142 or
(ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=143 then
tasci(j):=' ';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--hamze
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=148
then
tasci(j):='Æ';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--hamze
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=149
then
tasci(j):='Á';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--be
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=150
then
tasci(j):='È';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--en
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=142
then
tasci(j):=' ';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--pe
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=151
then
tasci(j):='';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--te
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=152
then
tasci(j):='Ê';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--the
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=153
then
tasci(j):='Ë';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--jim
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=154 then
tasci(j):='Ì';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--jim
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=155
then
tasci(j):='Ì';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
j:=j+1;
tasci(j):=' ';
goto endofloop;
end if;
--che
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=156
then
tasci(j):='';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--che
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=157 then
tasci(j):='';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
j:=j+1;
tasci(j):=' ';
goto endofloop;
end if;
--he
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=158
then
tasci(j):='Í';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--he
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=159 then
tasci(j):='Í';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
j:=j+1;
tasci(j):=' ';
goto endofloop;
end if;
--khe
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=160
then
tasci(j):='Î';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--khe
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=161 then
tasci(j):='Î';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
j:=j+1;
tasci(j):=' ';
goto endofloop;
end if;
--dal
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=162 then
tasci(j):='Ï';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--zal
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=163 then
tasci(j):='Ð';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--Re
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=164 then
tasci(j):='Ñ';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--ze
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=165 then
tasci(j):='Ò';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--je
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=166 then
tasci(j):='Ž';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--sin
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=167 or
(ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=168 then
tasci(j):='Ó';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--shin
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=169 or
(ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=170 then
tasci(j):='Ô';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--sad
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=171 or
(ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=172 then
tasci(j):='Õ';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--zad
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=173 or
(ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=174 then
tasci(j):='Ö';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--ta
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=175 then
tasci(j):='Ø';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--za
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=224 then
tasci(j):='Ù';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--ein
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1))) =225 or
(ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=226 then
tasci(j):='Ú';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--ein
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1))) =227 or
(ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=228 then
tasci(j):='Ú';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
j:=j+1;
tasci(j):=' ';
goto endofloop;
end if;
--ghein
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1))) >=229 and
(ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))<=230 then
tasci(j):='Û';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--ghein
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1))) >=231 and
(ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))<=232 then
tasci(j):='Û';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
j:=j+1;
tasci(j):=' ';
goto endofloop;
end if;
--fe
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=233
then
tasci(j):='Ý';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--ghaf
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=234
then
tasci(j):='Þ';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--ghaf
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=235 then
tasci(j):='Þ';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
j:=j+1;
tasci(j):=' ';
goto endofloop;
end if;
--kaf
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=236
then
tasci(j):='&tilde;';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--ghaf
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=237
then
tasci(j):='';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--lam
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=238
then
tasci(j):='á';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
j:=j+1;
tasci(j):='Ç';
goto endofloop;
end if;
--lam
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=239
then
tasci(j):='á';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--lam
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=240 then
tasci(j):='á';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
j:=j+1;
tasci(j):=' ';
goto endofloop;
end if;
--mim
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=241
then
tasci(j):='ã';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--mim
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=242 then
tasci(j):='ã';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
j:=j+1;
tasci(j):=' ';
goto endofloop;
end if;
--noon
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=243
then
tasci(j):='ä';
cod := 1;
res:=1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--noon
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=244 then
tasci(j):='ä';
cod := 1;
res:=1;
j:=j+1;
tasci(j):=' ';
goto endofloop;
end if;
--vav
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=245 or
(ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=246 then
tasci(j):='æ';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--he
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1))) >=247 and
(ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))<=248 then
tasci(j):='å';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--he
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1))) >=249 and
(ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))<=250 then
tasci(j):='å';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
j:=j+1;
tasci(j):=' ';
goto endofloop;
end if;
--ye
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1))) =251 then
tasci(j):='í';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--ye
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=252 or
(ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=254 then
tasci(j):='í';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
j:=j+1;
tasci(j):=' ';
goto endofloop;
end if;
--1
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=49 or (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=129 then
tasci(j):='1';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--2
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=50 or (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=130 then
tasci(j):='2';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--3
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=51 or (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=131 then
tasci(j):='3';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--4
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=52 or (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=132 then
tasci(j):='4';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--5
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=53 or (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=133 then
tasci(j):='5';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--6
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=54 or (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=134 then
tasci(j):='6';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--7
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=55 or (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=135 then
tasci(j):='7';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--8
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=56 or (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=136 then
tasci(j):='8';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--9
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=57 or (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=137 then
tasci(j):='9';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
--0
if (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=48 or (ascii(substr(panizstr,i,1)))=128 then
tasci(j):='0';
res:=1;
cod := 1;
goto endofloop;
end if;
<<endofloop>>
if (res=0) then
tasci(j):= substr(panizstr,i,1);
end if;
if (cod=0) then
tasci(j):= substr(panizstr,i,1);
end if;
i:=i+1;
j:=j+1;
end loop;
--freturn:=tasci(1)||tasci(2)||to_char(ascii(substr(panizstr,1,1)),'999');
freturn:=tasci(1)||tasci(2)||tasci(3)||tasci(4)||tasci(5)||tasci(6)||tasci(7)||tasci(8)||
tasci(9)||tasci(10)||tasci(11)||tasci(12)||tasci(13)||tasci(14)||tasci(15)||tasci(16)||tasci(17)||tasci(18)||tasci(19)||tasci(20)||tasci(21)||tasci(22)||tasci(23)||tasci(24)||tasci(25)||
tasci(26)||tasci(27)||tasci(28)||tasci(29)||tasci(30)||tasci(31)
||tasci(32)||tasci(33)||tasci(34)||tasci(35)
||tasci(36)||tasci(37)||tasci(38)||tasci(39)
||tasci(40)||tasci(41)||tasci(42)||tasci(43)||tasci(44)||tasci(45)
||tasci(46)||tasci(47)||tasci(48)||tasci(49)||tasci(50)||tasci(51)
||tasci(52)||tasci(53)||tasci(54)||tasci(55);
return freturn;
END convertp;
this lacks a proper documentation i know but this is how i got it, sorry about this.Anyway thank you so much for your time and patience

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It means that either I have to change it before backup or after perform the full upgrade on new server oracle 11g and then convert the character set. Am I right?Yes, You are right.
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