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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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MfG, Martin Hauner
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