GREATER THAN symbol appearing as &gt ; in SQL*Plus

Question

Version:11.2.0.3
OS : RHEL 5.4
We are a Software vedor firm.We have sent our SQL files to our client to execute. But the codes for various procedures and functions were failing
because, in their SQL*Plus session (in Putty) the LESS THAN character < was appearing as &lt ; and GREATER THAN character > was appearing as &gt ;
In the original code which we had sent to them has no problems with > or < characters.
Original code
Cursor feb_cur IS
  SELECT user_pwid
    FROM carton_hdr_dtl
   WHERE MODIFIED_DATE >= D_Last_Run_Date
   UNION
  SELECT user_pwid
    FROM carton_hdr_dtl_bkp
   WHERE (modified_date >= D_Last_Run_Date OR
          deleted_date >= D_Last_Run_Date);  But in the execution log file sent by our client, I can see &gt ; instead of > character.
54   Cursor feb_cur IS
55    SELECT user_pwid
56        FROM carton_hdr_dtl
57       WHERE MODIFIED_DATE &gt ;= D_Last_Run_Date
58       UNION
59    SELECT user_pwid
60        FROM carton_hdr_dtl_bkp
61       WHERE (modified_date &gt ;= D_Last_Run_Date OR
62              deleted_date &gt;= D_Last_Run_Date);What are they doing wrong? They use putty. We use putty too but we don't have any issues.
Edited by: Max on Dec 17, 2012 2:42 AM

Answer 1

Thank you Blushadow, Nicosa for providing this clue.
I checked with my client. They have put our scripts in Collabnet SVN version control and the implementor DBA will be provided the http URL .
Apparently SVN is accessed using http protocol and yes you are right it is opened through a browser by typing an URL like below
http://10.80.16.214:79839/svn/brcf/DBfiles/2012/WMHReleasel8/hrtb_pkt_wave.sqlFor most of the end users , the GREATER THAN character appears as > without any issues . For some users it appears as &gt ; . One potential cause is the difference in Internet Explorer version. They are currently looking into this.
THANK YOU BLUSHADOW and NICOSA for shedding light on this.
Hi Nicosa,
A forum formatting question:
How did you manage to get &gt_; (without the underscore) printed ? When I tried it the forums editor was converting it to > . This is why I placed a space/underscore between t and semi colon. Is there some escape character ?