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CREATE DATABASE Fails With ORA-12706 This CREATE DATABASE Character Set Is Not Allowed (Doc ID 1532667.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 02, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.1.0.2 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Linux on IBM Z

Symptoms

When trying to create a database on Linux on IBM System Z, using an EBCDIC based national character set, he following error occurs and the CREATE DATABASE statement fails:

 

Changes

 None

Cause

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