finish the paper please, it's only 3 weeks overdue!!!!!
--- "Fink, Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't have code, but an idea. Instead of replacing the unprintable > characters, could you just extract (using ASCII, CASE and ranges) the > known > good characters into a new variable? You might have to examine > character by > character, which may slow things down. > > Excellent challenge...must think about it (after I finish my paper > for > Rachel, that is!) > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 10:09 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Hello Listers, > I was asked if there is any procedure that could be called from a > trigger > to replace (with a blank) or remove all non-printable characters from > the > text before inserting it in the target table? The incoming data is > from a > Web interface and may contain underline, bold, blink, NL characters. > Target > column should get characters 0-9, A-Z and a-z. The data should not be > rejected. > > I suggested use of 'replace', but was asked if I had anything > already > written to do this. And I have not. > > Done anyone have anything to share? > > Thanks. > > - Kirti > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Deshpande, Kirti > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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). > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Fink, Dan > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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). > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
