Specifies the valid characters that you can use for an element name, the initial value field property, and in comments. You must set the character_set of the session to DEC_KANJI when you use Japanese with Oracle CDD/Repository. Use the CDO SET CHARACTER_SET command to set the session character_set of the current CDO session. For example: CDO> SET CHARACTER_SET DEC_KANJI If you omit the CDO SET CHARACTER_SET command, Oracle CDD/Repository references the equivalence name of the CDD$CHARACTER_SET logical name as the session character_set. If this logical name is not assigned, Oracle CDD/Repository defaults to DEC_MCS. The following table lists the valid character_set names for character_set: Valid Character_set Names for the Session Character_set ------------------------------------------------------------------ Character_set Character_set Description Name ------------------------------------------------------------------ MCS DEC_MCS A set of international alphanumeric characters Kanji+ASCII DEC_KANJI Japanese characters as defined by the JIS X0208:1990 standard, Narrow Katakana characters, as defined by the JIS X0201:1976 standard, and ASCII characters ------------------------------------------------------------------ To display the character_set of the current session, use the CDO SHOW CHARACTER_SET command. For example: CDO> SHOW CHARACTER_SET Session Character_set is DEC_MCS