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Is there a benefit of characterset WE8ISO8859P1 vs WE8ISO8859P15? Differences?

cayenneJun 24 2013 — edited Jul 16 2013

Hello all,

I'm getting ready to clone a database, and I'm on the new server running dbca.

I'm at the characterset section, and on the original database, I see the characterset is WE8ISO8859P1. However, this isn't "found" when the Show Recommended character sets only box is checked. It shows WE8ISO8859P15 only until the box is un-checked.

They both say they are West European.

Is there a real difference between the two? Should I change from the WE8ISO8859P1 to the WE8ISO8859P15 for any good reason? I'm planning to export out of the older database and import into the newer one, will changing the characterset here cause any problems?

So far, I've not been able to find much on the web about the differences between the two, and wondered if anyone here had experience with this.

Thanks in advance,

cayenne

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