Oracle NLS Character Set Functions
Version 11.2
 
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NLS_CHARSET_DECL_LEN
Returns the declaration length (in number of characters) of an NCHAR column NLS_CHARSET_DECL_LEN(bytecnt IN NUMBER, csetid IN NUMBER) RETURN PLS_INTEGER;
SELECT NLS_CHARSET_DECL_LEN(200, nls_charset_id('ja16eucfixed'))
FROM dual;
 
NLS_CHARSET_ID
Returns the character set ID number corresponding to character set name string NLS_CHARSET_ID(csetname IN VARCHAR2) RETURN PLS_INTEGER;
SELECT NLS_CHARSET_ID('ja16euc')
FROM dual;
 
NLS_CHARSET_NAME
Returns the name of the character set corresponding to ID number number NLS_CHARSET_NAME(csetid IN PLS_INTEGER) RETURN VARCHAR2;
SELECT NLS_CHARSET_NAME(2)
FROM dual;
 
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