Checking Oracle Database Encoding

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  1. This returns the sort and comparison settings of the oracle db. Should be the same (BINARY)

    1 2 3 4 5 SELECT * FROM nls_session_parameters WHERE parameter IN ('NLS_COMP', 'NLS_SORT'); SELECT * FROM nls_database_parameters WHERE parameter IN ('NLS_COMP', 'NLS_SORT'); SELECT SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','NLS_SORT') nls_sort FROM DUAL;

  2. Returns the collation of the database, Expected value is `AL32UTF8`

    1 2 3 SELECT * FROM nls_session_parameters WHERE PARAMETER='NLS_CHARACTERSET'; SELECT * FROM nls_database_parameters WHERE PARAMETER='NLS_CHARACTERSET';
Updated on April 8, 2025
Platform
Data Center only
Products
Jira Software Data Center
Jira Service Management Data Center
Confluence Data Center

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