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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/oracle/base.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/oracle/base.py | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/oracle/base.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/oracle/base.py index 500b1995f..439568dd7 100644 --- a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/oracle/base.py +++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/oracle/base.py @@ -63,10 +63,12 @@ used on the SQLAlchemy side. Unicode ------- -SQLAlchemy 0.6 uses the "native unicode" mode provided as of cx_oracle 5. cx_oracle 5.0.2 -or greater is recommended for support of NCLOB. If not using cx_oracle 5, the NLS_LANG -environment variable needs to be set in order for the oracle client library to use -proper encoding, such as "AMERICAN_AMERICA.UTF8". +.. versionchanged:: 0.6 + SQLAlchemy uses the "native unicode" mode provided as of cx_oracle 5. + cx_oracle 5.0.2 or greater is recommended for support of NCLOB. + If not using cx_oracle 5, the NLS_LANG environment variable needs + to be set in order for the oracle client library to use proper encoding, + such as "AMERICAN_AMERICA.UTF8". Also note that Oracle supports unicode data through the NVARCHAR and NCLOB data types. When using the SQLAlchemy Unicode and UnicodeText types, these DDL types will be used |