Term: CONVERT

Definition:
The Oracle CONVERT function transforms a given string from one character set to another.

Example Syntax:

CONVERT(<string>, <dest_char_set>, <source_char_set>);

The string is the string to be converted.

The dest_char_set parameter is the character set that the string is to be converted to.

The source_char_set parameter is the character set that the string is to be to converted from.

Example Usage:

SELECT CONVERT('Ä Ê Í Ó Ø A B C D E','US7ASCII','WE8ISO8859P1')

FROM DUAL;

The table below lists the available character sets:

Character Set	Description
WE8PC850	IBM PC Code Page 850
US7ASCII	US 7-bit ASCII character set
WE8EBCDIC500	IBM West European EBCDIC Code Page 500
WE8DEC	West European 8-bit character set
WE8HP	HP West European Laserjet 8-bit character set
F7DEC	DEC French 7-bit character set
WE8ISO8859P1	ISO 8859-1 West European 8-bit character set

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