External Tables & Non English Characters

Hi
I am new to external tables, i wanted to know what i need to do to upload the data which is of non-English characters,
Example
i need to upload the data where the single file will have data for more than one non-english characters.
1. English
2. Chinese
3. Korean
let me know if any other alternative exists for the same.
Regards
Yram

Hi,
a good reference for External Tables is the manual: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14215/part_et.htm
If they are in one file, you can upload them all at once. Important will be how the data is stored in the file (UTF-8, UTF-16). This information you should set in the external table by using the CHARACTERSET clause, see the manual.
Your database also needs to support these characters!
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