1. Oracle GoldenGate Classic Documentation
  2. Administer
  3. Oracle GoldenGate Globalization Support
  4. Preserving the Character Set
  5. Character Set of Text Input and Output

Character Set of Text Input and Output

Oracle GoldenGate supports text input and output in the default character set of the host operating system for the following:

  • Console

  • Command-line input and output

  • FORMATASCII, FORMATSQL, FORMATXML parameters, text files such as parameter files, data-definitions files, error log, process reports, discard files, and other human-readable files that are used by Oracle GoldenGate users to configure, run, and monitor the Oracle GoldenGate environment.

In the event that the platform does not support a required character set as the default in the operating system, you can use the following parameters to specify a character set:

  • CHARSET parameter to specify a character set to be used by processes to read their parameter files.

  • CHARSET option of the DEFSFILE parameter to generate a data-definitions file in a specific character set.

The GGSCI command console always operates in the character set of the local operating system for both keyboard and OBEY file input and console output.