Re: Euro Symbol Support

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On Thu, 01 Apr 1999 11:30:03 GMT, coakleyj_at_hotmail.com wrote:

>Hi to everyone.Oracle 8.1.5 will have (has) a number of character sets that
>support the Euro Symbol,for example WE8MSWIN1252 which corrsponds to
>codepage ANSI1252 usedby Microsoft.However, we have just installed our
>Euro path for Windows95 which hasadded the Euro sysmbol at position 128 to a
>number of Fonts.However, on copying the Euro symbol (say from charmap - font
>MS SANS SERIF),and pasting it into Notepad, the result is a square box
>rather than a Eurosymbol.This leads me to believe that Windows95 does not
>inherently support theEuro symbol at the operating system codepage level.
>This in turnmakes me believe that I will not be able to retrieve the Euro
>symbol froman Oracle database (unless I apply an appropriate font to the
>field).But from Sql*Plus, for example, if I issue the following command:
>select to_char(123, 'U999') from dual;Given that Sql*Plus will use the
>Windows95 codepage (rather than anotherfont), I fear that the Euro sysmbol
>will not be displayed. Please note that I am assuming that my database and
>client charactersets at the Oracle levelare set to values that include the
>Euro codepoint.Or am I doing something incorreclty. Does Windows 95
>inherently support the Euro symbol? If not, will it in the future?Thanks
>to everyone for your help and advice.Coakleyj
>
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Brian Meyette, Oracle DBA/Developer
Cornish, NH
to reply, remove the SPAMMENOT from the header www.turbont.net/brian Received on Thu Apr 01 1999 - 10:57:21 CST