From e919b470512bce3d8689337c08535996d9567af1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Jones <christopher.jones@oracle.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 11:13:25 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Show how to find the NCHAR character set

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 doc/api.md | 9 +++++++++
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diff --git a/doc/api.md b/doc/api.md
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@@ -12669,6 +12669,15 @@ FROM nls_database_parameters
 WHERE parameter = 'NLS_CHARACTERSET'
 ```
 
+To find the database 'national character set' used for NCHAR and related types,
+execute the query:
+
+```sql
+SELECT value AS db_ncharset
+FROM nls_database_parameters
+WHERE parameter = 'NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET'
+```
+
 The general Oracle statement to find the 'client' character set is:
 
 ```sql