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Re: odbc>=8.1 and the broken euro symbol

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 12:00:49 +0200
Message-ID: <rvpni11o4k2p237dpjsmj845uop4sm78jq@4ax.com>


On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 12:51:01 +0200, "R. Schierbeek" <bytelifeNospam_at_gmail.com> wrote:

>hello Jan,
>
>You 'll never get any result from sqlplus; as it doesn't
>support the euro - nor umlaut and characters like that.

I'm afraid this is not true. On Windows you need to make sure sql*plus uses the correct font, which you can define in the registry. Further info on Metalink, which I unfortunately can't access at the moment.
On Unix you just need to make sure you are using the correct characterset.

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
Received on Sat Sep 17 2005 - 05:00:49 CDT

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