UTF8 or AL16UTF16

UTF8 or AL16UTF16

 

  

Hi,

We need to store the unicode data in column defined as varchar2 datatype so
we have to use unicode data set.
In 9i which is the preferred value for (NLS_CHARACTERSET and
NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET)
UTF8 or AL16UTF16 and why?
Thanks
-Harvinder

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