Re: Oracle ODBC newline character translation

Frank <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net> wrote in message news:<3E8DDD51.1030007_at_netscape.net>...
> Martin v. Weymarn wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am having a problem with the translation of newline/return
> > characters in my returned data. Our company is using a web-based
> > application in which users enter data that gets written to an Oracle
> > database. I am querying that database directly through Excel using an
> > ODBC connection.
> >
> > Special characters are coming through just fine so I think I am on the
> > right track regarding the character set. However at the end of each
> > paragraph Excel shows a small rectangle character (don't know the
> > code). Is there some way to filter these out, preferrable through a
> > setting in the ODBC driver? I have not been able to find any
> > information regarding the Translation Options setting in the driver.
> >
> >
> > I am running Oracle ODBC version 8.01.78.00 to connect to an Oracle
> > 7.3 database running on a UNIX server. Excel version is 2000. In the
> > registry, NLS-LANG is set to AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8ISO8859P15.
> >
> > Unfortunately I did not find any solution to this problem on the web
> > or the newsgroups, that's why I am asking here...
> >
> > Thank you for your help,
> > Martin.
>
> I think both previous posters are wrong. The moment uou mentioned the
> little rectangle I thought Unix to Windows. 2 lines further down
> you confirm this.
>
> It's a DOS thing: It relies on a CR/LF for an end-of-line, where unix
> uses CR (of LF - the chr(10) anyway). If you do a
> replace(chr(10), chr(10)||chr(13)) you will see a major change.
> On WindBlows, you can replace them (copy rectangle, search, press
> enter on all found, and use F3 to find next).
>
> To prove the point: after all rectangles are gone, you owill get a found
> character at the end of every line.

I don't disagree, but why would ODBC _do_ this?

jg

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