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CLIENT_CHARSET Shows "Unknown" in SQLcl But Shows a Valid Value in SQL*Plus While Connected To Same Database (Doc ID 2420462.1)

Last updated on MAY 29, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Executing the following query from SQLcl :

shows "Unknown", whereas same query executed from SQL*Plus shows correct value of the client side NLS character set.

Cause

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