USING THE CHARACTER SET SCANNER

How can I find and download the Character Set Scanner utility mentioned in MetaLink document # 66320.1.
Thanks
Pratap

I would like to know if there exists a database character set
scanner for ORACLE816. If not, can I use the ORACLE817 scanner
to scan my ORACLE816 database?Check out the Globalization Support Home page
http://technet.oracle.com/tech/globalization/content.html and go
to the scanner download page for more info.
Is it important to use a scanner if I am converting my database
from, say, WE8ISO8859P1 character set to UTF8? Yes definitely. The scanner will identify
1. If you have any invalid WE8ISO8859P1 data in your database ,
these will be lost during the character set conversion process.
2. If there are any data cell expansions, so that column widths
can be expanded to cater for the new sizing.
3. Area of possible character set conversion and truncation of
data.
Can I assume that a database UTF8 will automatically store all
my original characters correctly?UTF8 can store all the characters from WE8ISO8859P1 ,and it can
be stored correctly if your NLS configuration is correct . The
key is your client NLS_LANG character set setting .
I have a client with NLS_LANG set to UFT8. When I exported my
database (in WE8ISO8859P1) from my client, the export was done
in the client's setting i.e. UTF8. Can I assume that the
conversion was done at the time of export itself?Yes, your assumption is correct.

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I'm not sure what you're asking here. "Will it be ok" for what?
Assuming
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Please remove/clarify download for "Oracle8 8.0.6 Character set scanner"

All Oracle documentation says that the first 0.0 version of Character set scanner was supplied with 8.1.7.0 s/w of the database (also see Note:179843.1 - Versioning of the Character Set Scanner).
The OTN download site provides a link (broken link) to csscan of version 1.0 for "Oracle8 8.0.6 Character set scanner for Solaris" at
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As the download link is broken, it is impossible to check what executables this link really leads to.
Please either document this exception somewhere that csscan is in fact available for 8.0.6 database, and why this is true ONLY on Solaris,
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simply remove the link if created by mistake.
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HOW can I enter text using Japanese character sets?

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JW_Tech,
Have you changed the regional setting to Japanese?
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How to get the character set which i want it to be?

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Oracle xml_dom.writeToClob ignore the character set

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Thanks in advance.

The character set you specify via setCharset() procedure is ignored unless you use writeToFile() later.
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/appdev.112/e25788/d_xmldom.htm#CHDCGDDB
Usage Notes
This is used for WRITETOFILE Procedures if not explicitly specified at that time.You can also use something like this :
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SQL>
SQL> declare
2
3   export_file clob;
4   prolog       clob := '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>';
5
6 begin
7
8    select prolog || chr(10) ||
9           xmlserialize(document
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11             , xmlattributes(
12                 '1.0' as "version"
13               , 'ja' as "language"
14               , 'DEMOAND' as "module"
15               , 'VC' as "type"
16               )
17             )
18             indent
19           )
20    into export_file
21    from dual ;
22
23    dbms_output.put_line ( export_file );
24
25 end;
26 /
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Hello!!
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Download Oracle 10g Character set scanner for Solaris

http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/globalization/index.html
the above link contains only the oracle 9i Character set scanner but I need the Oracle 10g Character set scanner for Solaris
please assist me.

Pl see MOS Doc 745809.1 (Installing and configuring Csscan in 10g and 11g (Database Character Set Scanner)
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878226 wrote:
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