Oracle Text Does Not Support NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS = CHAR at Database Level (Doc ID 409221.1)

Last updated on MAY 01, 2017

Applies to:

Oracle Text - Version 7.3.4.5 to 12.1.0.2
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Neither the installation of Oracle Text, nor the run-time behavior supports nls_length_semantics = CHAR.
Only nls_length_semantics = BYTE is supported.

Cause

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