Unknown character set index

i migrate from mysql4.0 to oracle i captured the source model and tranlate it to oracle but some tables didn't populate with data it gave me this error (Unable to migrate data from source table maeva.client_payment_mode to destination table root.CLIENT_PAYMENT_MODE :
Unknown character set index for field "12819" received from server)

Barry,
I'm having the same problem; I included the details you're asking about in this thread:
Re: UNKNOWN CHARACTER SET INDEX FOR FIELD '560' RECEIVED FROM SERVER.
Thanks,
Matt.

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    Typ=1 Len=49: 78,67,76,69,88,45,80,78,174,32,69,120,97,109,32,83,116,121,108,101
    ,32,73,110,116,101,114,97,99,116,105,118,101,32,82,101,118,105,101,119,32,81,117
    ,101,115,116,105,111,110,115
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    DUMP(UTL_RAW.CAST_TO_VARCHAR2(TITLE))
    Typ=1 Len=49: 78,67,76,69,88,45,80,78,174,32,69,120,97,109,32,83,116,121,108,101
    ,32,73,110,116,101,114,97,99,116,105,118,101,32,82,101,118,105,101,119,32,81,117
    ,101,115,116,105,111,110,115
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        533
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    create table cnv_us7 (mytablename varchar2(50), myindx number,      mycolumnname varchar2(50) ) tablespace myuser_data;
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             4 DESCRIPTION                                        MY_FORUMS
         21136 TITLE                                              MY_CONTENTS
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    create or replace view my_contents_vv as select pk1,utl_raw.cast_to_raw(title) as title from my_contents;
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    select tabnew.pk1 from my_contents@old6 taborig,my_contents tabnew,cnv_us7@old6
          where taborig.pk1=tabnew.pk1
              and myindx=tabnew.pk1
              and mycolumnname='TITLE'
              and mytablename='MY_CONTENTS'
              and convert(taborig.TITLE,'US7ASCII','WE8ISO8859P1') = tabnew.TITLE );
    Note this part:
          "and convert(taborig.TITLE,'US7ASCII','WE8ISO8859P1') = tabnew.TITLE "
    This checks to verify that the TITLE field on the PRODCLONE and RESTORECLONE are the same (barring character set issues). This is there  because if the users have changed TITLE  -- or any other field -- on their own between the time of the upgrade and now, we do not want to overwrite their changes. We make the assumption that as part of the process, they may have changed the bad character on their own.
    We can also create a stored procedure which will execute the SQL for us:
    create or replace procedure fix_us7_strings
    (TABLE_NAME varchar2,
    FIX_COL varchar2 )
    authid current_user
    as
    orig_sql varchar2(1000);
    TYPE cv_type IS REF CURSOR;
    orig_cur cv_type;
    begin
    orig_sql:='update '||TABLE_NAME||' taborig1 set '||FIX_COL||'= (select utl_raw.cast_to_varchar2 ('||FIX_COL||') from '||TABLE_NAME||'_vv@old6 where pk1=taborig1.pk1)
    where pk1 in (
    select tabnew.pk1 from '||TABLE_NAME||'@old6 taborig,'||TABLE_NAME||' tabnew,cnv_us7@old6
          where taborig.pk1=tabnew.pk1
              and myindx=tabnew.pk1
              and mycolumnname='''||FIX_COL||'''
              and mytablename='''||TABLE_NAME||'''
              and convert(taborig.'||FIX_COL||',''US7ASCII'',''WE8ISO8859P1'') = tabnew.'||FIX_COL||')';
    dbms_output.put_line(orig_sql);
    execute immediate orig_sql;
    end;
    exec fix_us7_strings('MY_FORUMS','DESCRIPTION');
    exec fix_us7_strings('MY_CONTENTS','TITLE');
    commit;
    To validate this before and after, we can run something like:
    select dump(description) from my_forums where pk1 in (select myindx from cnv_us7@old6 where mytablename='MY_FORUMS');
    The above process fixes all the VARCHAR2s and CHARs. Now what about the CLOB columns?
    Note that we're going to have some extra difficulty here, not just because we are dealing with CLOBs, but because we are working with CLOBs in 9i, whose functions have less CLOB-related functionality.
    This procedure finds invalid US7ASCII strings inside a CLOB in 9i:
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    (table_name varchar2,
    fix_col varchar2)
    authid current_user
    as
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      type cv_type is REF CURSOR;
      orig_table_cur cv_type;
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      my_offset NUMBER;
      my_problem NUMBER;
      my_lob_size NUMBER;
      my_indx_var NUMBER;
      my_total_chars_read NUMBER;
      my_output_chunk VARCHAR2(4000);
      my_problem_flag NUMBER;
      my_clob CLOB;
      my_total_problems NUMBER;
      ins_sql VARCHAR2(4000);
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       DBMS_OUTPUT.ENABLE(1000000);
       orig_sql:='select pk1,dbms_lob.getlength('||FIX_COL||') as cloblength,'||fix_col||' from '||table_name||' where dbms_lob.getlength('||fix_col||') >0 and '||fix_col||' is not null order by pk1';
       open orig_table_cur for orig_sql;
       my_total_problems := 0;
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                    EXIT WHEN orig_table_cur%NOTFOUND;
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            my_chars_read := 512;
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                    my_offset := my_offset + my_chars_read;
                    IF my_output_chunk != CONVERT(CONVERT(my_output_chunk,'WE8ISO8859P1'),'US7ASCII')
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                            -- DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Problem with '||my_indx_var);
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                            my_problem_flag:=1;
                    END IF;
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            IF my_problem_flag=1
                    THEN my_total_problems := my_total_problems +1;
                    ins_sql:='insert into cnv_us7(mytablename,myindx,mycolumnname) values ('''||table_name||''','||my_indx_var||','''||fix_col||''')';
                    execute immediate ins_sql;
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       DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('We found '||my_total_problems||' problem rows in table '||table_name||', column '||fix_col||'.');
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    And we can use SQL-generating SQL to find out which CLOBs have issues, out of all the ones in the database:
    RESTOREDB> select 'exec find_us7_clob('''||table_name||''','''||column_name||''');' from user_tab_columns where data_type='CLOB';
    exec find_us7_clob('MY_CONTENTS','DATA');
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