Re: OWA_TEXT / OWA_UTIL

From: Thomas Kyte <tkyte_at_us.oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 14:29:40 GMT
Message-ID: <3663b718.10708718@192.86.155.100>

A copy of this was sent to beppe_at_sportpress.com (if that email address didn't require changing) On Fri, 27 Nov 1998 10:44:23 GMT, you wrote:

>Can someone help me explaining the statement below.
>I found in Oracle package OWA_TEXT / OWA_UTIL to find the end of line.
>
>
> /* The broken line below is intentional */
> NL_CHAR constant char(1) := '
>';
>

it is setting the global variable NL_CHAR to a newline. Instead of relying on the non-portable:

   nl_char constant char(1) := chr(10);

it uses the newline on the machine it is installed on (for example, char(10) on a MAINFRAME with EBCIDIC isn't a newline....)

>Many thanks.
>
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Thomas Kyte
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