Multi byte character set

Hi,
I am going to create a oracle 8i database in linux OS.In that i want to set english, italian and chinese language.
My question is
1. what are the parameter to be set in the OS level for this multi byte characterset
2.how to set these characterset in database level at the time of creation.
3.and also i am going to migrate one database to the new database. but the old one contains only english and italy. so while migration what are the parameter we have to set in the new database.
Kindly provide some solutions..
rgds..

1) I'm not sure what you're asking here.
2) While creating the database, you would want to set the NLS_CHARACTERSET to UTF8 (I don't believe AL32UTF8 was available in 8i).
3) How are you migrating the database? Via export & import? If so, you'd need to ensure that the NLS_LANG on the client machine(s) that do the actual export and import are set appropriately.
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