Character in AL16UTF16 encoding - PL/SQL Datatypes

Q.  How many bytes does each character in the AL16UTF16 encoding take up?
- Published on 19 Oct 15

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 6

ANSWER: 2
 
AL16UTF16 comes with a fixed width that is 2 bytes. They are used when the storage requirement is high otherwise the bytes get wasted.

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