Hello Reiner, it seems to me it is a code page conversion problem from Windows <-> redhat. Maybe you can set in the Oracle client on your Windows machine which codepage DBI have to use connecting to your Oracle on redhat. I think DBI uses the codepage from your Windows to display characters with Linux codepage.
regards, Reinhard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i am accessing an oracle database from redhat linux. oracle version 8.1.7 > when i execute a query against the data that contains the swedish character > � i get a ? returned instead. i've run some test in perl and oracle. in > oracle the character mentioned is ascii 229. perl has no problem with the > character. it prints the correct character. but when i uses DBI to > connect to the database and retrieve the character it gets translated to > ?. > > i have active perl in my windows machine here also and it has no problem > with the characters. > the only place it can be occuring is within the bind_columns method. > i've tried updating to the latest DBI package but the problem still > persists. has anyone else seen this problem or knows what the solution is. > maybe i've missed updating some part. > > any help would be appreciated. > > reiner -- mit freundlichen Gr��en, with my best regards, Reinhard QA ISIS Information Systems Austria tel: (+43) 2236 27551 150 Fax: 2236 21081 Visit our web site http://www.isis-papyrus.com --------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail is only intended for the recipient and not legally binding. Unauthorised use, publication, reproduction or disclosure of the content of this e-mail is not permitted. ---------------------------------------------------------------
