Converting UCS-2 (sql 7.0) data to utf8 (oracle8i)

Hi all...
We have a database in sql-server 7.0 supporting unicode data using the ucs-2 encoding. When i use oracle migration tool to migrate this data to the oracle8i database on solaris i get ora-12704 error , character set mismatch. I undestand that oracle supports unicode with utf8 encoding. What are the settings that i need to change for the oracle database to support ucs2 encoding.
Does migration work bench not do the conversion automaticlly??
any help on this will be appreciated
thanks in advance
sasidhar([email protected])
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I am in the process of writing up a breakdown of the different implementation of unicode between Oracle and Microsoft and will post it to OTN as soon as it is ready (hopefully within the next couple of weeks). If you would like to see it sooner drop an email to [email protected]
I would suspect that you are getting the character set mismatch because you are trying to insert data into datatype char using the N'abc' literal (or perhaps vice versa, not using N'abc' when inserting into nchar).
If you could drop an email to [email protected] with details of the exact mapping you used and what you are trying to do then we will help clarify it.
Regards,
Marie

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