Oracle® Database SQL Reference 10g Release 1 (10.1) Part Number B10759-01 |
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NLS_CHARSET_NAME
returns the name of the character set corresponding to ID number number
. The character set name is returned as a VARCHAR2
value in the database character set.
If number
is not recognized as a valid character set ID, then this function returns null.
The following example returns the character set corresponding to character set ID number 2:
SELECT NLS_CHARSET_NAME(2) FROM DUAL; NLS_CH ------ WE8DEC