Oracle Support

Add new encoding types to alpha fields, RAW, NATIONAL, and UNICODE to our Oracle interface

Overview

The Encoding Type attribute of an alpha field determines the format of the data column within an Oracle database.

• RAW
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• UNICODE
  • ???
• NATIONAL
  • ???

When an Oracle record is read from disk, the file manager will convert the record buffer from its external disk format to its internal memory format.

• RAW
  • ???
• UNICODE
  • ???
• NATIONAL
  • ???

When an Oracle record is written to disk, the file manager will convert the record buffer from its internal memory format to its external disk format.

• RAW
  • ???
• UNICODE
  • ???
• NATIONAL
  • ???

Test Plan:

-- PeteBrower - 2011-03-09