NLS_CHARSET_NAME

NLS_CHARSET_NAME returns the name corresponding to a specified character set number.

Return Value

VARCHAR2

Syntax

NLS_CHARSET_NAME (charset_id)

Arguments

charset_id is a valid character set number or one of these keywords:

  • CHAR_CS represents the database character set.

  • NCHAR_CS represents the national character set. The national character set for the database can be either UTF-8 or AL16UTF16 (default). However, the national character set for analytic workspaces is always UTF-8.

If the number does not correspond to a character set, then the function returns NULL.

Example

NLS_CHARSET_NAME(2000) returns the value AL16UTF16.