title: C#/Oracle: Specify Encoding/Character Set of Query?
body: <p>I'm trying to fetch some Data of a Oracle 10 Database.<br/>
  Some cells are containing german umlauts (äöü).<br/>
  In my Administration-Tool (<a href="http://www.toadworld.com/" rel="nofollow">TOAD</a>) I can see them very well: "Mantel f<strong>ü</strong>r Damen" (Jacket for Women)<br/>
  This is my C# Code (simplified):</p>
  
  <pre><code>var oracleCommand = new OracleCommand(sqlGetArticles, databaseConnection);
  var articleResult = oracleCommand.ExecuteReader();
  string temp = articleResult.Read()["SomeField"].ToString();
  Console.WriteLine(temp);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The output is: "Mantel f<strong>?</strong>r Damen"<br/>
  Tryed on Debugging (moving mouse over variable), Debug-Window, Console-Window, File.
  <br/>
  <br/>
  I think I have to specify the Encoding/Character Set somwhere. But where?</p>