1  SET_NATIONAL_CHARACTER_SET
   Specifies the national character set for the module or
   interactive SQL session.
 

2  Environment
   You can use the SET NATIONAL CHARACTER SET statement:

   o  In interactive SQL

   o  Embedded in host language programs to be precompiled

   o  As part of a procedure in an SQL module

   o  In dynamic SQL as a statement to be dynamically executed
 

2  Format

 SET NATIONAL CHARACTER SET --> runtime-options ---->
 



 runtime-options
 
 --+---> 'string-literal' ------+----->
   +---> parameter -------------+
   +---> parameter-marker ------+

 

2  Arguments
 

3  parameter

   Specifies the national character set for your session. The value
   of runtime-options must be a valid character set. See the Oracle
   Rdb SQL Reference Manual for more information about the supported
   character sets.
 

3  parameter-marker

   Specifies the national character set for your session. The value
   of runtime-options must be a valid character set. See the Oracle
   Rdb SQL Reference Manual for more information about the supported
   character sets.
 

3  'string-literal'

   Specifies the national character set for your session. The value
   of runtime-options must be a valid character set. See the Oracle
   Rdb SQL Reference Manual for more information about the supported
   character sets.
 

2  Example
   Example 1: Setting the national character set for an interactive
   session

   SQL> show character sets;
   Default character set is DEC_KANJI
   National character set is DEC_MCS
   Identifier character set is SHIFT_JIS
   Literal character set is SHIFT_JIS
   Display character set is SHIFT_JIS
   SQL> set national character set 'DEC_KANJI';
   SQL> show character sets;
   Default character set is DEC_KANJI
   National character set is DEC_KANJI
   Identifier character set is SHIFT_JIS
   Literal character set is SHIFT_JIS
   Display character set is SHIFT_JIS