Mail on iCloud Mail creates strange character strings

Hi,
once in a while iCloud Mail creates strange character Strangs (like:
ich gr=C3=BCnes Licht geben bzw Entscheidungen =C3=BCber durchzuf=C3=BChr=
ende Arbeiten treffen.=0AKl=C3=A4rungsbed=C3=BCrftig ist noch, ob die vorl=
iegende Kostensch=C3=A4tzung ausreichend ist (--> alternative Kostenvorans=...)
Obviously when using mutatet wovels ("german umlauts")
Any explanation and suggestion to avoid it.
Work on Macbook Pro OS X Yosemite 10.10.2
Thanks for support: Lutz

Hello,
Indeed but native Mail app is configured automatically when setting Mail in iCloud settings. At the end, iCloud account has a specific icon in Mail app.
Try what I described and you'll see that this iCloud account is transformed into a standard IMAP account.

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I am able to figure out the issue. In the code we have
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>
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>
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,'wibble' as ag
,'wibble' as ah
,'wibble' as ai
,'wibble' as aj
,'wibble' as ak
,'wibble' as al
,'wibble' as am
,'wibble' as an
,'wibble' as ao
,'wibble' as ap
,'wibble' as aq
,'wibble' as ar
,'wibble' as at
,'wibble' as au
FROM dualSo the question is: Is there a hard-coded limit of 45 columns for a Source Query? Or is there something else causing this error message?
(For information in the above example I have "Use Generic Report Layout" selected and the output format set to "PDF")
Thanks very much in advance for any comments or suggestions,
Andy

Thanks for the suggestion Simon.
I just created a view based on the 46-column SELECT statement from dual above and then set "SELECT * FROM myview" as the Source Query.
Unfortunately I get exactly the same error.
Thanks,
Andy

Error "Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string" to execute one query in sql 2008 r2, run ok in 2005.

I have a table-valued function that run in sql 2005 and when try to execute in sql 2008 r2, return the next "Conversion failed when converting date and/or time from character string".
USE [Runtime]
GO
/****** Object: UserDefinedFunction [dbo].[f_Pinto_Graf_P_Opt] Script Date: 06/11/2013 08:47:47 ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[f_Pinto_Graf_P_Opt] (@fechaInicio datetime, @fechaFin datetime)
-- Declaramos la tabla "@Produc_Opt" que será devuelta por la funcion
RETURNS @Produc_Opt table ( Hora datetime,NSACOS int, NSACOS_opt int)
AS
BEGIN
-- Crea el Cursor
DECLARE cursorHora CURSOR
READ_ONLY
FOR SELECT DateTime, Value FROM f_PP_Graficas ('Pinto_CON_SACOS',@fechaInicio, @fechaFin,'Pinto_PRODUCTO')
-- Declaracion de variables locales
DECLARE @produc_opt_hora int
DECLARE @produc_opt_parc int
DECLARE @nsacos int
DECLARE @time_parc datetime
-- Inicializamos VARIABLES
SET @produc_opt_hora = (SELECT * FROM f_Valor (@fechaFin,'Pinto_PRODUC_OPT'))
-- Abre y se crea el conjunto del cursor
OPEN cursorHora
-- Comenzamos los calculos
FETCH NEXT FROM cursorHora INTO @time_parc,@nsacos
/************ BUCLE WHILE QUE SE VA A MOVER A TRAVES DEL CURSOR ************/
WHILE (@@fetch_status <> -1)
BEGIN
IF (@@fetch_status = -2)
BEGIN
-- Terminamos la ejecucion
BREAK
END
-- REALIZAMOS CÁLCULOS
SET @produc_opt_parc = (SELECT dbo.f_P_Opt_Parc (@fechaInicio,@time_parc,@produc_opt_hora))
-- INSERTAMOS VALORES EN LA TABLA
INSERT @Produc_Opt VALUES (@time_parc,@nsacos, @produc_opt_parc)
-- Avanzamos el cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM cursorHora INTO @time_parc,@nsacos
END
/************ FIN DEL BUCLE QUE SE MUEVE A TRAVES DEL CURSOR ***************/
-- Cerramos el cursor
CLOSE cursorHora
-- Liberamos los cursores
DEALLOCATE cursorHora
RETURN
END

You can search the forums for that error message and find previous discussions - they all boil down to the same problem. Somewhere in your query that calls this function, the code invoked implicitly converts from string to date/datetime. In general,
this works in any version of sql server if the runtime settings are correct for the format of the string data. The fact that it works in one server and not in another server suggests that the query executes with different settings - and I'll assume for
the moment that the format of the data involved in this conversion is consistent within the database/resultset and consistent between the 2 servers.
I suggest you read Tibor's guide to the datetime datatype (via the link to his site below) first - then go find the actual code that performs this conversion. It may not be in the function you posted, since that function also executes other functions.
You also did not post the query that calls this function, so this function may not, in fact, be the source of the problem at all.
Tibor's site

Error PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small

HI oracle gurus,
I am new to PL/SQL,
my oracle version is oracle 11g.
i have create a procedure to insert data from flat file to a table using UTL_FILE.
Table is
CREATE TABLE EXT_PERSON_INFO
ID_PERSON              NUMBER(38),
ID_BATCH             NUMBER(38),
ID_PERSON_NBR        VARCHAR2(3 BYTE),
ID_AREA              VARCHAR2(5 BYTE),
NM_FINAL              VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
NM_START             VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
DT_DOB             DATE,
ID_SERIAL               VARCHAR2(9 BYTE),
DT_RESPONSE          DATE,
TRANS_TYPE VARCHAR2(2 BYTE),
REG_RESPONSE VARCHAR2(1 BYTE),
TM_RX          TIMESTAMP(6)
my procedure is
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE PROC_PERSON
IS
f_line VARCHAR2(2000);
f utl_file.file_type;
f_dir VARCHAR2(250);
fname VARCHAR2(50);
F_ID_PERSON EXT_PERSON_INFO.ID_PERSON%type :=1;
F_ID_BATCH EXT_PERSON_INFO.ID_BATCH%type :=1;
F_ID_PERSON_NBR EXT_PERSON_INFO.ID_PERSON_NBR%type;
F_ID_AREA EXT_PERSON_INFO.ID_AREA%type;
F_NM_FINAL EXT_PERSON_INFO.NM_FINAL%type;
F_NM_START EXT_PERSON_INFO.NM_START%type;
F_DT_DOB EXT_PERSON_INFO.DT_DOB%type;
F_ID_SERIAL EXT_PERSON_INFO.ID_SERIAL%type;
F_DT_RESPONSE EXT_PERSON_INFO.DT_RESPONSE%type;
F_TRANS_TYPE EXT_PERSON_INFO.TRANS_TYPE%type;
F_REG_RESPONSE EXT_PERSON_INFO.REG_RESPONSE%type;
BEGIN
fname := 'D:\raj\raj.txt';
f:= utl_file.fopen('RAJ',fname,'r');
loop
begin
utl_file.get_line(f,f_line);
exception
when no_data_found then
exit;
end;
F_ID_PERSON := 1;
F_ID_BATCH := 1;
F_ID_PERSON_NBR :=substr(f_line,1,3);
F_NM_FINAL := substr(f_line,4,22);
F_NM_START := substr(f_line,23,34);
F_DT_DOB := substr(f_line,35,44);
F_ID_SERIAL := substr(f_line,45,48);
F_DT_RESPONSE := substr(f_line,49,58);
F_TRANS_TYPE := substr(f_line,59,60);
F_REG_RESPONSE := substr(f_line,61,61);
F_ID_AREA := substr(f_line,62,64);
insert into EXT_PERSON_INFO VALUES (F_ID_PERSON,F_ID_BATCH,F_ID_PERSON_NBR,F_ID_AREA,F_NM_FINAL,F_NM_START,F_DT_DOB,F_ID_SERIAL,F_DT_RESPONSE,F_TRANS_TYPE,F_REG_RESPONSE);
end loop;
utl_file.fclose(f);
commit;
end;
am getting error
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small
please help me in this regard. unable to trace the issue.
Thanks in advance
Regards,
raj

The error message should have included a line number for you to reference back to your code to know what line the error was occurring on.
That said, look at the documentation for SUBSTR as you are using the third parm incorrectly. It is length, not end position. That's your issue.

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Hi,
I'm trying to create an UI Template. I've generated the html using Frontpage and am successfully able to see in a browser.
I've copied the html to the UI form, but when I try to preview or execute the UI template, I get the following error:
Error: ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small (WWV-11230)
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I CREATED A FORM , WORKED WITH IT A LOT WITHOUT PROBLEMS. NOW I NEED TO DO SOME CHANGES ON CERTAIN FIELDS AND WHEN I TRY TO SAVE IT I GET THE ABOVE ERROR.
THEN I GO BACK TO AN OLDER VERSION, COPY AND TRY TO DO CHANGES AND AGAIN THE ERROR COMES UP.
THE CHANGES I AM TRYING TO DO ARE TO SOME OF THE EXISTING FIELDS IN THE FORM WHICH NEED TO BE PUT AS "INSERTABLE".
THE SCREEN LAYOUT IS DISPLAYED WITHOUT PROBLEM.
(THE FORM IS BASED ON A TABLE WITH APROX 80 FIELDS).
I NEED SOME URGENT HELP. PLS LET ME KNOW ANY OTHER INFO YOU MAY NEED TO HELP ME SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
FYI I AM WORKING ON PORTAL VERSION 3.0.9 / ON Windows 2000 (DATABASE 8.1.7.0 AND iAS ARE ON DIFFERENT MACHINES).
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