Oracle character sets for China

Which characte sets used to store data in Chinese language?

yes, if you have a database with a UTF8 characterset you can store chinese characters. If you have a database with a single-byte characters set and you prefer not to change the characterset of the database (because it means recreating the database) you can also store the chinese characters in NCHAR columns and use the National Characterset for the chinese characters.
This way you can keep your standard single-byte characterset and only use the national characterset for specific columns.
For this, set NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET to a multibyte characterset and use NCHAR as columntype

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Hi All,
My database is Oracle 10G. Stand alone DB.
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Need Help on this.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Suresh

Please go through the topic,
[http://arjudba.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-is-national-character-set.html|http://arjudba.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-is-national-character-set.html] [http://arjudba.blogspot.com/2009/03/unicode-characterset-in-oracle-database.html|http://arjudba.blogspot.com/2009/03/unicode-characterset-in-oracle-database.html]
and decide whether you need migration . If you need migration then have a look at,
[http://arjudba.blogspot.com/2009/03/difference-between-we8mswin1252-and.html|http://arjudba.blogspot.com/2009/03/difference-between-we8mswin1252-and.html]
[http://arjudba.blogspot.com/2009/03/difference-between-we8iso8859p1-and.html|http://arjudba.blogspot.com/2009/03/difference-between-we8iso8859p1-and.html]
[http://arjudba.blogspot.com/2009/03/difference-between-we8iso8859p1-and_11.html|http://arjudba.blogspot.com/2009/03/difference-between-we8iso8859p1-and_11.html]
And always check for reports in csscan.
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Java.sql.SQLException: Non supported character set: oracle-character-set-17

Hi,
i am trying to execute an Oracle procedure from JDBC. The procedure accepts a Nested table as an input parameter. Definition of the nested table is given below.
Database – Oracle 10g.
Application Server – JBOSS 4.2.1
I get the following exception._
java.sql.SQLException: Non supported character set: oracle-character-set-178
at oracle.gss.util.NLSError.throwSQLException(NLSError.java:46)
I. JDBC Code_
Session s = HibernateUtil.getSession();
Transaction tr = s.beginTransaction();
con=s.connection();
oraConn = (OracleConnection) con.getMetaData().getConnection();
TableObject obj=new TableObject();
obj.setId(new Integer(123));//Tested ok, stroing in DB
obj.setDescr("test"); // this line throwing error
obj.setCre_user(new Integer(456));
obj.setUpd_user(new Integer(789));
obj.setXfr_flag("Y");
ArrayList al=new ArrayList();
al.add(obj);
Object[] objAray = al.toArray();
ArrayDescriptor arrayDescriptor =ArrayDescriptor.createDescriptor("T_TEST_SYN", oraConn);
ARRAY oracleArray = new ARRAY(arrayDescriptor, oraConn, objAray);
cs = (OracleCallableStatement)oraConn.prepareCall("call PKG_OBJ_TEST.accept_ui_input(?) ");
cs.setArray(1, oracleArray);
cs.execute();
tr.commit();
public class TableObject implements SQLData{
private String sql_type = "T_OBJ_TEST";
private int id;
private String descr;
//private Date cre_date;
private int cre_user;
//private Date upd_date;
private int upd_user;
private String xfr_flag;
public TableObject()
public TableObject (int id,String descr,int cre_user,int upd_user,String xfr_flag)
// this.sql_type = sql_type;
this.id = id;
this.descr = descr;
// this.cre_date=cre_date;
this.cre_user=cre_user;
//this.upd_date=upd_date;
this.upd_user=upd_user;
this.xfr_flag=xfr_flag;
public String getSQLTypeName() throws SQLException {
return "T_OBJ_TEST";
public void readSQL(SQLInput stream, String typeName) throws SQLException {
//sql_type = typeName;
id=stream.readInt();
descr=stream.readString();
//cre_date=stream.readDate();
cre_user=stream.readInt();
//upd_date=stream.readDate();
upd_user=stream.readInt();
xfr_flag=stream.readString();
public void writeSQL(SQLOutput stream) throws SQLException {
try {
stream.writeInt(this.id);
System.out.println("Iddddd");
stream.writeString(this.descr);
System.out.println("Desccccccccccccccc"+":"+descr);
//stream.writeDate(cre_date);
stream.writeInt(this.cre_user);
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stream.writeInt(this.upd_user);
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System.out.println("Table object sql exception");
se.printStackTrace();
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System.out.println("Table object exception");
* @return the id
public int getId() {
return id;
* @param id the id to set
public void setId(Object obj) {
Integer iobj= (Integer)obj;
this.id =iobj.intValue();
* @return the descr
public String getDescr() {
System.out.println("getDescr "+descr);
return descr;
* @param descr the descr to set
public void setDescr(Object obj) {
System.out.println("setDescr "+obj);
String sobj = (String)obj;
this.descr=sobj.toString();
System.out.println("setDescr "+obj);
* @return the cre_user
public int getCre_user() {
return cre_user;
* @param cre_user the cre_user to set
public void setCre_user(Object obj) {
Integer iobj=(Integer)obj;
this.cre_user = iobj.intValue();
* @return the upd_user
public int getUpd_user() {
return upd_user;
* @param upd_user the upd_user to set
public void setUpd_user(Object obj) {
Integer iobj=(Integer)obj;
this.upd_user = iobj.intValue();
* @return the xfr_flag
public String getXfr_flag() {
return xfr_flag;
* @param xfr_flag the xfr_flag to set
public void setXfr_flag(Object obj) {
this.xfr_flag = (String)xfr_flag;
II. Oracle database object details
Details of Object and Nested table created in the database.
T_TEST_SYN is a public synonym created for t_tab_obj_test
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id number(10),
descr varchar2(100),
--cre_date date,
cre_user number(10),
--upd_date date,
upd_user number(10),
xfr_flag varchar2(1),
CONSTRUCTOR FUNCTION t_obj_test ( id IN NUMBER DEFAULT NULL,
descr IN varchar2 default null,
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cre_user in number default null,
--upd_date in date      default null,
upd_user in number default null,
xfr_flag in varchar2 default null ) RETURN SELF AS RESULT ) ;
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CONSTRUCTOR FUNCTION t_obj_test ( id IN NUMBER DEFAULT NULL,
descr IN varchar2 default null,
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cre_user in number default null,
--upd_date in date      default null,
upd_user in number default null,
xfr_flag in varchar2 default null ) RETURN SELF AS RESULT IS
BEGIN
SELF.id := id ;
SELF.descr := descr ;
--SELF.cre_date := cre_date ;
SELF.cre_user := cre_user ;
--SELF.upd_date := cre_date ;
SELF.upd_user := cre_user ;
SELF.xfr_flag := xfr_flag ;
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END ;
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CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY PKG_OBJ_TEST AS
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LOOP
INSERT INTO OBJ_TEST ( ID,
DESCR,
CRE_DATE,
CRE_USER,
UPD_DATE,
UPD_USER,
XFR_FLAG )
VALUES ( p_tab_obj_test(row).ID,
p_tab_obj_test(row).DESCR,
NULL,
p_tab_obj_test(row).CRE_USER,
NULL,
p_tab_obj_test(row).UPD_USER,
p_tab_obj_test(row).XFR_FLAG ) ;
END LOOP ;
COMMIT ;
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END PKG_OBJ_TEST;
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Check your CLASSPATH enviroment variable. Try to add something like c:\Ora10g\jlib\orai18n.jar.
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"Alter database backup controlfile to trace" gave me the character set of db,
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