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Unicode Character Sets In The Oracle Database (Doc ID 260893.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 02, 2022

Applies to:

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
Oracle Database Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

To document the various Unicode versions and encoding used by Oracle.

Scope

Anyone interested in using Unicode in Oracle.

See also <Note 1051824.6> What languages are supported in an Unicode (UTF8/AL32UTF8) database? and <Note 788156.1> AL32UTF8 / UTF8 (Unicode) Database Character Set Implications

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In this Document
Purpose
Scope
Details
 Overview
 AL24UTFFSS
 UTF8
 UTFE
 AL32UTF8
 AL16UTF16
 Will UTF8 / AL32UTF8 change/be desupported?
 Unicode versions and the ISO/IEC 10646 standard.
 References
References

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