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Column Collation and Case Insensitive Database - 12.2 Feature (Doc ID 2198234.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 10, 2020

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.2.0.1 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

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Explain the column level collation option available in 12cR2. This feature can be extended further to have a Case Insensitive Database.

Scope

 This document explains the enhancements made to linguistic sorting and searching of character data or strings in Oracle Database 12cR2.

Details

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In this Document
Purpose
Scope
Details
 Column Level Collation
 How to Specify Column Level Collation
 Case Insensitive Database
 Table Default Collation.
 Schema level Collation
References

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