| | ![](/images/check.svg) 12 |
| | ![](/images/check.svg) 11 |
| | ![](/images/check.svg) 10 |
-| | ![](/images/check.svg) 9.6 |
+| | ![](/images/check.svg) 9.6 |
| | ![](/images/exclamation.svg) Must be configured to use UTF-8 charset |
| [Microsoft SQL Server](http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/) | ![](/images/check.svg) 2019 (MSSQL Server 15.0) with bundled Microsoft JDBC driver. Express Edition is supported. |
| | ![](/images/check.svg) 2017 (MSSQL Server 14.0) with bundled Microsoft JDBC driver. Express Edition is supported. |
| | ![](/images/check.svg) 2016 (MSSQL Server 13.0) with bundled Microsoft JDBC driver. Express Edition is supported. |
| | ![](/images/check.svg) 2014 (MSSQL Server 12.0) with bundled Microsoft JDBC driver. Express Edition is supported. |
-| | ![](/images/exclamation.svg) Collation must be case-sensitive (CS) and accent-sensitive (AS) (example: `Latin1_General_CS_AS`) |
-| | ![](/images/exclamation.svg) `READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT` must be set on the SonarQube database to avoid potential deadlocks under heavy load |
+| | ![](/images/exclamation.svg) Collation must be case-sensitive (CS) and accent-sensitive (AS) (example: `Latin1_General_CS_AS`) |
+| | ![](/images/exclamation.svg) `READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT` must be set on the SonarQube database to avoid potential deadlocks under heavy load |
| | ![](/images/info.svg) Both Windows authentication (“Integrated Security”) and SQL Server authentication are supported. See the Microsoft SQL Server section in Installing/installation/installing-the-server page for instructions on configuring authentication. |
| [Oracle](http://www.oracle.com/database/) | ![](/images/check.svg) 19C |
| | ![](/images/check.svg) 18C |
| | ![](/images/check.svg) 12C |
| | ![](/images/check.svg) XE Editions |
-| | ![](/images/exclamation.svg) Must be configured to use a UTF8-family charset (see `NLS_CHARACTERSET`) |
+| | ![](/images/exclamation.svg) Must be configured to use a UTF8-family charset (see `NLS_CHARACTERSET`) |
| | ![](/images/exclamation.svg) The driver ojdbc14.jar is not supported |
| | ![](/images/info.svg) We recommend using the latest Oracle JDBC driver |
| | ![](/images/exclamation.svg) Only the thin mode is supported, not OCI |
+| | ![](/images/exclamation.svg) Only `MAX_STRING_SIZE=STANDARD` parameter is supported, not `EXTENDED` |
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