HowTo: Using special characters in SQL passthrough stored procedure parameters?

Hi all,
I am creating a Visual FoxPro 5.0a application, where I am trying to call a stored procedure in my Oracle database with the following SQLEXEC command (SQLEXEC is the Foxpro function to send sql statements to the ODBC driver):
lcSQL = "{Call Insert_FRB.NewItemPage('KABO)n$i,30000000000', '184927', '184927', 'MAIR2001011216151314', 'MAIR')}"
/* Sorry the above command should of course not break accross pages*/
lnSuccess = sqlexec(1,lcSQL)
With the parameters given, I get the ODBC error: "Connectivity error: [Oracle][ODBC Oracle Driver]Syntax Error."
I get the same error, when using the Oracle ODBC 32bit Test utility.
The call works just fine, if I replace the "$" in the first parameter 'KABO)n$i,30000000000' with a "normal" character, e.g. 'KABO)nAi,30000000000'. Oracle handles the $-character just fine, the stored procedure is working properly when called directly in SQLPLUS8.
I am using the Oracle ODBC driver sqo32_73.dll Version2.00.03.01.
Questions:
How do I have to submit the "$" to the ODBC driver, in order to be passed through to Oracle unchallenged?
Does anybody know of other special characters, which are not accepted by the ODBC-drivers for Oracle?
Thanks to any hints,
Peter

You could try downloading the Oracle 8.1.7 client and the latest
Oracle8 ODBC driver, install them on your machine, and verify
that the failure goes away. That's obviously the acid test.
I can tell you that when I worked in the ODBC driver group we
did identify and fix some bugs where our parser wasn't skipping
string literals. If this particular bug wasn't fixed earlier,
it almost certainly was then (I'm guessing that work was done 12-
18 months ago).
Justin

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I have a problem formatting the output in the forum but I hope you get it.
Regards.
Alberto

Prevent using special characters in file and folder names?

I've recently begun adding windows clients to my network. In doing so, I've found that on my file shares from OS X server, the windows clients are unable to see files and folders which have names containing special characters such as / ? < > \ : * | ”
Unfortunately my accounting department has been creating files with these characters in their names for several years. I would like to find if there is a way to prevent them from using a defined set of characters in the file and folder names to prevent them from "accidentally" doing so in the future.
I've found that by turning off streams support on SMB in OS X server, that my windows clients can at least see that a file or folder should exist, albeit with a corrupted file name. Removing the special characters from these names allows the proper name to become visible and the file accessible.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.

(_seb_) wrote:
> Gary White wrote:
>> On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:15:04 +0100, "(_seb_)"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> "ça alors: it's a déjà-vu"
>>>
>>> How can I encode this so it's valid as a
directory name, yet can be
>>> displayed as intended when the name is output to
the page.
>>> urlencode() does not do the job, neither does
htmlentities()...
>>
>>
>> What's wrong with:
>>
>> $l="ça alors: it's a déjà-vu";
>> print urlencode($l)."<br>\n";
>> print htmlspecialchars($l);
>>
>> Gary
>
>
> I know that, but what is the name of the directory? It
has to be a real
> directory name, not a string stored somewhere.
>
> What's a valid encoding for a directory named "ça
alors: it's a
> déjà-vu"? I can call a folder like this on my
Mac, but it won't work on
> any server...
>
>
>
PS: basically it's not a url encoding issue.
I can url encode "ça alors: it's a déjà-vu",
and pass it in a url query string. But my issue is not
with an url query string, it's with an actual URL, that is,
the actual name of the directory. It
can't be "ça alors: it's a déjà-vu". But I
want to allow the user to name their directory like that
if they want. So I need a way to encode this into characters
that can be used for an actual
directory on the server.
seb ( [email protected])
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How export datas with special characters from SQL Developer?

Hi.
I'm doing an import of datas of a table, but this table have special characteres in specific accents (á,é,í,ó,ú), my source table have for example "QRCN Querétaro, Candiles" but when I done an export from opcion Tool --> Export DLL (and Datas) from SQL Developer generate the next script
Insert into tablexxx(CADENA,NUMERO_FARMACIA,SUCURSAL_REFERENCIA) values ('C002','20280','QRCN Quer?ro, Candiles');
How can I do for export my datas and generate the script correct?
Insert into tablexxx(CADENA,NUMERO_FARMACIA,SUCURSAL_REFERENCIA) values ('C002','20280','QRCN Querétaro, Candiles');
thanks.

Hi sybrand_b,
1. In my SQL Developer I select Tool-->Export DDL (and Data).
2. I Select name file, connection (this is a remote DB), objects to export in this case I select 'Tables and data' and table name to export
3. Run the procedure and generate the script following:
-- File created - jueves-julio-01-2010
-- DDL for Table TABLEXXX
CREATE TABLE "BOLINF"."TABLEXXX"
(     "CADENA" VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
     "NUMERO_FARMACIA" VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
     "SUCURSAL_REFERENCIA" VARCHAR2(200 BYTE)
-- DATA FOR TABLE TABLEXXX
-- FILTER = none used
REM INSERTING into TABLEXXX
Insert into TABLEXXX (CADENA,NUMERO_FARMACIA,SUCURSAL_REFERENCIA) values ('C002','20280','QRCN Quer?ro, Candiles');
Insert into TABLEXXX (CADENA,NUMERO_FARMACIA,SUCURSAL_REFERENCIA) values ('C002','20281','QRCG Quer?ro, Corregidora');
Insert into TABLEXXX (CADENA,NUMERO_FARMACIA,SUCURSAL_REFERENCIA) values ('C002','20282','QRFU');
Insert into TABLEXXX (CADENA,NUMERO_FARMACIA,SUCURSAL_REFERENCIA) values ('C002','20283','QRFU');
Insert into TABLEXXX (CADENA,NUMERO_FARMACIA,SUCURSAL_REFERENCIA) values ('C002','20284','SAUN San Lu?P, Universidad');
Insert into TABLEXXX (CADENA,NUMERO_FARMACIA,SUCURSAL_REFERENCIA) values ('C002','20285','SAEV San Lu?P, Eje Vial');
Insert into TABLEXXX (CADENA,NUMERO_FARMACIA,SUCURSAL_REFERENCIA) values ('C002','20286','SALB San Lu?P, Los Bravo');
Insert into TABLEXXX (CADENA,NUMERO_FARMACIA,SUCURSAL_REFERENCIA) values ('C002','20287','SAAL San Lu?P, Alvaro Obreg?');
Insert into TABLEXXX (CADENA,NUMERO_FARMACIA,SUCURSAL_REFERENCIA) values ('C002','20288','SACA San Lu? Callej?n de Cod');
4. But my source table have the next datas.
Select * from TABLEXXX.
CADENA     NUMERO_FARMACIA     SUCURSAL_REFERENCIA
C002     20280     QRCN Querétaro, Candiles
C002     20281     QRCG Querétaro, Corregidora
C002     20282     QRFU
C002     20283     QRFU
C002     20284     SAUN San Luís P, Universidad
C002     20285     SAEV San Luís P, Eje Vial
C002     20286     SALB San Luís P, Los Bravo
C002     20287     SAAL San Luís P, Alvaro Obregó
C002     20288     SACA San Luís, Callejón de Cod
5. I have done a query to table nls_database_parameters.
NLS_LANGUAGE     AMERICAN
NLS_TERRITORY     AMERICA
NLS_CURRENCY     $
NLS_ISO_CURRENCY     AMERICA
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS     .,
NLS_CHARACTERSET     UTF8
NLS_CALENDAR     GREGORIAN
NLS_DATE_FORMAT     DD-MON-RR
NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE     AMERICAN
NLS_SORT     BINARY
NLS_TIME_FORMAT     HH.MI.SSXFF AM
NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT     DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM
NLS_TIME_TZ_FORMAT     HH.MI.SSXFF AM TZH:TZM
NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT     DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM TZH:TZM
NLS_DUAL_CURRENCY     $
NLS_COMP     BINARY
NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET     AL16UTF16
NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS     BYTE
NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP     FALSE
NLS_RDBMS_VERSION     10.2.0.4.0
6. I have revised in Regedit-->HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE-->SOFTWARE-->ORACLE-->ORACLE HOME and value for NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.UTF8
where should I change for export my datas correct?
or exist any form for export my datas?
thanks a lot.
regards

How to use Special Characters in CONCAT function or another form with Xquer

Hello everyone
I'm using PS3 OEPE within message flow (proxy)and I'm using Xquery.
I'm using the CONCAT function, but this does not allow me to concatenate special characters not allowed, for example:
I want to concatenate these strings:
String1 = “&lt;get-person&gt;&lt;id-person&;gt;”
String2 = “123”
String3 = “&lt;/id-person&;gt; &lt;/get-person&gt;”
I want to represent characters regex. It means no XML characters
Someone knows some way, any function that allows me to concatenate in OSB these values with Xquery?
Edited by: chromosoma on Sep 5, 2012 5:59 PM

Hi,
It seems to me you're doing things in the most complicated way possible...
Firstly, you should use codepoints-to-string not the reverse... Secondly, the function work with decimals, not hexa
http://www.xqueryfunctions.com/xq/fn_codepoints-to-string.html
http://www.xqueryfunctions.com/xq/fn_string-to-codepoints.html
This works...
concat(codepoints-to-string(38),'lt',codepoints-to-string(59),'get-person')But this also works... Note that I've inserted a space between the & and the lt so the forum formatting can show it...
let
$String1 := "& lt;get-person& gt;& lt;id-person& gt;",
$String2 := "123",
$String3 := "& lt;/id-person& gt;& lt;/get-person& gt;"
return
concat($String1,$String2,$String3)And, finally this also works... So what's the reason for escaping < and > with &lt and &gt; and why codepoints?
let
$String1 := "<get-person><id-person>",
$String2 := "123",
$String3 := "</id-person></get-person>"
return
concat($String1,$String2,$String3)Cheers,
Vlad

How to use special characters in Report Builder

Hi everyone,
I wonder if you guys can help me. I'm trying to change our Invoice hearders from English to Portuguese. Eg, I've changed this English heading
("FOR ACCOUNT QUERIES CONTACT") to this Portuguese heading ("PARA CONSULTAS DE CONTA CONTACTE"). So when I'm done, my entire invoice will be in Portuguese. This works fine, until I get special characters in some of the Portuguese translations. I can copy and paste the translations with special characters into Report Builder. But when I print the invoice in Oracle Apps (with a PDF output), the special characters get replaced with a "?".
Here's an example:
< "Line No" should read "Linha nº" but it prints out as "Linha n?" > Does anybother know how I can resolve this? I'm using Report Builder: 10.1.2.3.0 on Oracle Apps: 11.5.10.2 and RDBMS : 10.2.0.4.0
Thank you in advance

Hi,
You need to have Portuguese font installed on your machine, if you are running the report from your machine or else if you are running the same from report server then the font has to be there on the server font dir.

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