Re: what characterset to use?

From: Martin T. <0xCDCDCDCD_at_gmx.at>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:05:46 +0200
Message-ID: <46cecaa4$0$1343$834e42db@reader.greatnowhere.com>

Laurenz Albe wrote:
> sybrandb_at_hccnet.nl wrote:

>>> (...)

>
> You got me wrong.
>
> Of course it is not Oracle's bug if I set my NLS_LANG wrong.
>
> But it is Oracle's bug (in my opinion) if I have set the client
> character set to US7ASCII, insert a byte > 127 in a text field, and
> neither get an error nor (as Oracle seems to prefer) have the byte
> clandestinely converted to a question mark.
>
> I claim that the missing check for incorrect characters is a bug.
>

Amen. But still Oracle will probably tell you that it's a Feature, not a Bug. Received on Fri Aug 24 2007 - 07:05:46 CDT