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Loading the character "š" from Oracle database produces the character "?" as a result

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Hello,

we have an Oracle database:
SELECT * FROM NLS_DATABASE_PARAMETERS;
NLS_LANGUAGE AMERICAN
NLS_TERRITORY AMERICA
NLS_CURRENCY $
NLS_ISO_CURRENCY AMERICA
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS .,
NLS_CHARACTERSET WE8MSWIN1252
NLS_CALENDAR GREGORIAN
NLS_DATE_FORMAT DD-MON-RR
NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE AMERICAN
NLS_SORT BINARY
NLS_TIME_FORMAT HH.MI.SSXFF AM
NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM
NLS_TIME_TZ_FORMAT HH.MI.SSXFF AM TZR
NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM TZR
NLS_DUAL_CURRENCY $
NLS_COMP BINARY
NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS BYTE
NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP FALSE
NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET AL16UTF16
NLS_RDBMS_VERSION 11.2.0.3.0

And there is a character "š" used in some fields. For example:
PERSON_NAME
Šurik
Ašurik

If we query the field from Toad, then it looks ok. Also from Squirrel.

If i query it from PentahoDataIntegator TableInput step over JDBC driver the character does not show at all:
PERSON_NAME
urik
Aurik
If i query it from PentahoDataIntegrator TableInput step over ODBC driver then the character is replaced by ?:
PERSON_NAME
?urik
A?urik

If i create a database link from our other database and query it from the other database over the databaselink, then the character loaded is correct "š":
PERSON_NAME
Šurik
Ašurik
The characterset and other parameters of the other database is:
SELECT * FROM NLS_DATABASE_PARAMETERS;
NLS_LANGUAGE AMERICAN
NLS_TERRITORY AMERICA
NLS_CURRENCY $
NLS_ISO_CURRENCY AMERICA
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS .,
NLS_CHARACTERSET AL32UTF8
NLS_CALENDAR GREGORIAN
NLS_DATE_FORMAT DD-MON-RR
NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE AMERICAN
NLS_SORT BINARY
NLS_TIME_FORMAT HH.MI.SSXFF AM
NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM
NLS_TIME_TZ_FORMAT HH.MI.SSXFF AM TZR
NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM TZR
NLS_DUAL_CURRENCY $
NLS_COMP BINARY
NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS BYTE
NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP FALSE
NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET UTF8
NLS_RDBMS_VERSION 11.2.0.2.0

So it seems there is somekind of characterset issue here. How could i set up PDI to also load the correct "š" character when directly conncting to the first database?

Br,
pxr

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