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Re: isql viewer

From: Jim Smith <usenet_at_ponder-stibbons.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:58:48 +0000
Message-ID: <8WzbVWTIYVfFFwBE@jimsmith.demon.co.uk>


In message <1165838884.098500.319180_at_f1g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, Loial <admin_at_loial.co.uk> writes
>Anyone using the isql Viewer open source tool to connect to oracle 9 or
>10?
>
>isql viewer does not seem to like the backslash in the insert code
>below, giving the following error.
>
>SQLException :: (ORA-00911: invalid character, sqlcode=911,
>sqlstate=42000)
>
>'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890()_+-=:~./\',
>

It is possible that the \ is being interpreted as an escape character and therefore the closing ' is being treated as part of the string and not the string terminator. Try ...:~,/' || chr(whatever the ascii value of \ is)

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Received on Mon Dec 11 2006 - 06:58:48 CST

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