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:

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

Example

NLS_CHARSET_NAME(2000) returns the value AL16UTF16.