Summary:
Unicode conversion projects are often under-estimated. A Unicode conversion project should be treated the same if not more complex than a typical Upgrade project. A high level view of the Unicode project and some key project steps were given in this article.  There are many topics that you will come across during an Unicode Conversion project (for example archiving, data reduction, performance tuning for reduced conversion downtime, adoption of new tablespace naming convention and/or custom tablespace names etc.,).  The side benefits of a Unicode project are reduced number of tablespaces and a defragmented database. A unicode conversion enables your company to benefit from new technologies and support all languages in the world.

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