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Re: OWA_TEXT / OWA_UTIL

From: Martin Hauner <m.hauner_at_lineas.de>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 13:59:01 GMT
Message-ID: <365EB025.943CB718@lineas.de>


beppe_at_sportpress.com wrote:

> 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) := '
> ';

I think it is used to create a new-line character. You don't have \n or something similar to create a new-line in a PL/SQL string, so they use a real one. The one between the two ticks.

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Received on Fri Nov 27 1998 - 07:59:01 CST

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