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Inserting mathematical symbol ≤ in Oracle table [message #638068]

Tue, 02 June 2015 02:12

Roshnie
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Hello,

I am unable to insert mathematical symbol ≤ (less or equal to) and ≥ (greater or equal to) in oracle table.
Try the syntax below but it didn't work...

SET DEFINE OFF;
update TABLENAME
set COLNAME = 'Test ≤ Test'
where COLNAME2 = 'XX';

Can someone please help me ?

Thanks in advance
Roshnie

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Re: Inserting mathematical symbol ≤ in Oracle table [message #638072 is a reply to message #638068]

Tue, 02 June 2015 02:21

Michel Cadot
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"am unable" is not an Oracle error and help us in no way to see what is your problem.

Please read OraFAQ Forum Guide and How to use [code] tags and make your code easier to read.
Use SQL*Plus and copy and paste your session, the WHOLE session.
Specify what is client program.

Note: I am able to insert them.

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Re: Inserting mathematical symbol ≤ in Oracle table [message #638073 is a reply to message #638068]

Tue, 02 June 2015 02:23

jgjeetu
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You cant perform this action, use '<=' instead of '≤'

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Re: Inserting mathematical symbol ≤ in Oracle table [message #638080 is a reply to message #638073]

Tue, 02 June 2015 02:39

Michel Cadot
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You can insert those characters if:
* your client OS knows these characters
* your client program supports these characters
* your CLIENT NLS_LANG is set to a character set containing these characters
* your database character set contains these characters

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Re: Inserting mathematical symbol ≤ in Oracle table [message #638085 is a reply to message #638073]

Tue, 02 June 2015 02:54

Lalit Kumar B
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jgjeetu wrote on Tue, 02 June 2015 12:53

You cant perform this action, use '<=' instead of '≤'

As Michel said, it depends on the characterset. My client allows to display these characters, however I can store these characters if my database characterset supports it.

For example,

SELECT unistr('1 \2265 2') FROM dual;

UNISTR('1\22652')
-----------------
1 ≥ 2 

SELECT unistr('1 \2264 2') FROM dual;           

UNISTR('1\22642')
-----------------
1 ≤ 2

Check out http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2264/index.htm

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