On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi there , We have UTF-8 database. We are using OAS with UTF-8
> setting and java at front end connects to OAS socket to send
> data to be inserted into oracle Is it required to convert data
> send by Java to be converted to UTF8 ? OAS (OAS
> NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.UTF8)
No, sqlnet uses your settings to convert from java's UCS2 to the
database character set of UTF8.
> When we send some particuler chinese characters into database I
> get weired results .As shown below . Does it mean 4+2 =5 ?? or
> I am doing something wrong here .
>
> select lengthb(casename), lengthb(caseName||'XX') ,
> lengthb('XX') from case where casepin=736;
>
> LENGTHB(CASENAME) LENGTHB(CASENAME||'XX') LENGTHB('XX')
> ------------------- ------------------------- -------------
> 4 5 2
I wonder if the addition of two single byte characters to a
multi-byte character can confuse lengthb?
What does this query return?
select lengthb(casename), lengthb(caseName||'X') ,
lengthb('X') from case where casepin=736;
--
Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
--
Author: Galen Boyer
INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051
San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists
--------------------------------------------------------------------
To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L
(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may
also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
