nls_charset_decl_len
nls_charset_id
, nls_charset_name
nls_collation_id
, nls_collation_name
nls_initcap
nls_lower
, nls_upper
nlssort
nls_charset_id
returns a character set's CSID (which is used, for example, in dbms_lob.loadclobfromfile
) select nls_charset_id('we8mswin1252') from dual; -- 178 select nls_charset_name(178) from dual; -- WE8MSWIN1252