Preventing bi-lingual characters

we are using oracle10g version. Currently my character set is WE8MSWIN1252 At present, somehow, we have non-english characters(for example spanish) in the database. We wanted to stop entering these kind of characters.. Can we prevent this by changing the current character set? Any help is highly appreciated...
Regards

HI Shrinka,
WE8MSWIN1252 along with most WE8* character sets including the ISO WE8ISO8859p1, WE8...p9 and WE8...p15, WE8DEC character sets are by definition
going to include a FULL SET of english, french,german,spanish, italian and other Western European based Characters
So, probably no best to consider WE8MSWIN1252 as bi-lingual, better to think of it as including several languages
That stated, per your current definition it appears you want to enforce a US7ASCII type usage: This is rarely recommended or necessary.
Technically your problem can be controlling the source data even if you were using a US7ASCII database character set which uses a-z,A-Z,0-9 and a few punctuation marks
- We do not recommend using US7ASCII however:
Can you please describe why you want to use this configuration and what if any problems you have had as a result of seeing non-ASCII characters?

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                if (minuteIndex != -1) {
                    var theMinute = parseInt(valueGroups[minuteIndex], 10);
                    if (isNaN(theMinute) || theMinute > 59) {
                        return false;
                if (secondIndex != -1) {
                    var theSecond = parseInt(valueGroups[secondIndex], 10);
                    if (isNaN(theSecond) || theSecond > 59) {
                        return false;
                if (tIndex != -1) {
                    var theT = valueGroups[tIndex].toUpperCase();
                    if (
                        formatGroups[tIndex].toUpperCase() == 'TT' && !/^a|pm$/i.test(theT) ||
                        formatGroups[tIndex].toUpperCase() == 'T' && !/^a|p$/i.test(theT)
                        return false;
                var date = new Date(2000, 0, 1, theHour + (theT.charAt(0) == 'P'?12:0), theMinute, theSecond);
                return date;
            } else {
                return false;
    'credit_card': {
        characterMasking: /\d/,
        validation: function(value, options) {
            var regExp = null;
            options.format = options.format || 'ALL';
            switch (options.format.toUpperCase()) {
                case 'ALL': regExp = /^[3-6]{1}[0-9]{12,18}$/; break;
                case 'VISA': regExp = /^4(?:[0-9]{12}|[0-9]{15})$/; break;
                case 'MASTERCARD': regExp = /^5[1-5]{1}[0-9]{14}$/; break;
                case 'AMEX': regExp = /^3(4|7){1}[0-9]{13}$/; break;
                case 'DISCOVER': regExp = /^6011[0-9]{12}$/; break;
                case 'DINERSCLUB': regExp = /^3(?:(0[0-5]{1}[0-9]{11})|(6[0-9]{12})|(8[0-9]{12}))$/; break;
            if (!regExp.test(value)) {
                return false;
            var digits = [];
            var j = 1, digit = '';
            for (var i = value.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
                if ((j%2) == 0) {
                    digit = parseInt(value.charAt(i), 10) * 2;
                    digits[digits.length] = digit.toString().charAt(0);
                    if (digit.toString().length == 2) {
                        digits[digits.length] = digit.toString().charAt(1);
                } else {
                    digit = value.charAt(i);
                    digits[digits.length] = digit;
                j++;
            var sum = 0;
            for(i=0; i < digits.length; i++ ) {
                sum += parseInt(digits[i], 10);
            if ((sum%10) == 0) {
                return true;
            return false;
    'zip_code': {
        formats: {
            'zip_us9': {
                pattern:'00000-0000'
            'zip_us5': {
                pattern:'00000'
            'zip_uk': {
                characterMasking: /[\dA-Z\s]/,
                validation: function(value, options) {
                    //check one of the following masks
                    // AN NAA, ANA NAA, ANN NAA, AAN NAA, AANA NAA, AANN NAA
                    return /^[A-Z]{1,2}\d[\dA-Z]?\s?\d[A-Z]{2}$/.test(value);
            'zip_canada': {
                characterMasking: /[\dA-Z\s]/,
                pattern: 'A0A 0A0'
            'zip_custom': {}
    'phone_number': {
        formats: {
            //US phone number; 10 digits
            'phone_us': {
                pattern:'(000) 000-0000'
            'phone_custom': {}
    'social_security_number': {
        pattern:'000-00-0000'
    'ip': {
        characterMaskingFormats: {
            'ipv4': /[\d\.]/i,
            'ipv6_ipv4': /[\d\.\:A-F\/]/i,
            'ipv6': /[\d\.\:A-F\/]/i
        validation: function (value, options) {
            return Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.validateIP(value, options.format);
    'url': {
        characterMasking: /[^\s]/,
        validation: function(value, options) {
            //fix for ?ID=223429 and ?ID=223387
            /* the following regexp matches components of an URI as specified in http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#page-51 page 51, Appendix B.
                scheme    = $2
                authority = $4
                path      = $5
                query     = $7
                fragment = $9
            var URI_spliter = /^(([^:\/?#]+):)?(\/\/([^\/?#]*))?([^?#]*)(\?([^#]*))?(#(.*))?/;
            var parts = value.match(URI_spliter);
            if (parts && parts[4]) {
                //encode each component of the domain name using Punycode encoding scheme: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3492
                var host = parts[4].split(".");
                var punyencoded = '';
                for (var i=0; i<host.length; i++) {
                    punyencoded = Spry.Widget.Utils.punycode_encode(host[i], 64);
                    if (!punyencoded) {
                        return false;
                    } else {
                        if (punyencoded != (host[i] + "-")) {
                            host[i] = 'xn--' + punyencoded;
                host = host .join(".");
                //the encoded domain name is replaced into the original URL to be validated again later as URL
                value = value.replace(URI_spliter, "$1//" + host + "$5$6$8");
            //fix for ?ID=223358 and ?ID=223594
            //the following validates an URL using ABNF rules as defined in http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986 , Appendix A., page 49
            //except host which is extracted by match[1] and validated separately
             * userinfo=    (?:(?:[a-z0-9\-\._~\!\$\&\'\*\+\,\;\=:]|%[0-9a-f]{2,2})*\@)?
             * host=            (?:((?:(?:[a-z0-9][a-z0-9\-]*[a-z0-9]|[a-z0-9])\.)*(?:[a-z][a-z0-9\-]*[a-z0-9]|[a-z])|(?: \[[^\]]*\]))
             * pathname=    (?:\/(?:[a-z0-9\-\._~\!\$\&\'\*\+\,\;\=\:\@]|%[0-9a-f]{2,2})*)*
             * query=            (?:\?(?:[a-z0-9\-\._~\!\$\&\'\*\+\,\;\=\:\@\/\?]|%[0-9a-f]{2,2})*)?
             * anchor=        (?:\#(?:[a-z0-9\-\._~\!\$\&\'\*\+\,\;\=\:\@\/\?]|%[0-9a-f]{2,2})*)?
            var regExp = /^(?:https?|ftp)\:\/\/(?:(?:[a-z0-9\-\._~\!\$\&\'\*\+\,\;\=:]|%[0-9a-f]{2,2})*\@)?(?: ((?:(?:[a-z0-9][a-z0-9\-]*[a-z0-9]|[a-z0-9])\.)*(?:[a-z][a-z0-9\-]*[a-z0-9]|[a-z])|(?:\[[^ \]]*\]))(?:\:[0-9]*)?)(?:\/(?:[a-z0-9\-\._~\!\$\&\'\*\+\,\;\=\:\@]|%[0-9a-f]{2,2})*)*( ?:\?(?:[a-z0-9\-\._~\!\$\&\'\*\+\,\;\=\:\@\/\?]|%[0-9a-f]{2,2})*)?(?:\#(?:[a-z0-9\-\._ ~\!\$\&\'\*\+\,\;\=\:\@\/\?]|%[0-9a-f]{2,2})*)?$/i;
            var valid = value.match(regExp);
            if (valid) {
                //extract the address from URL
                var address = valid[1];
                if (address) {
                    if (address == '[]') {
                        return false;
                    if (address.charAt(0) == '[' ) {
                        //IPv6 address or IPv4 enclosed in square brackets
                        address = address.replace(/^\[|\]$/gi, '');
                        return Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.validateIP(address, 'ipv6_ipv4');
                    } else {
                        if (/[^0-9\.]/.test(address)) {
                            return true;
                        } else {
                            //check if hostname is all digits and dots and then check for IPv4
                            return Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.validateIP(address, 'ipv4');
                } else {
                    return true;
            } else {
                return false;
2.2.1. Preferred
x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x, where the 'x's are the hexadecimal values of the eight 16-bit pieces of the address.
Examples:
    FEDC:BA98:7654:3210:FEDC:BA98:7654:3210
    1080:0:0:0:8:800:200C:417A
Note that it is not necessary to write the leading zeros in an
individual field, but there must be at least one numeral in every
field (except for the case described in 2.2.2.).
2.2.2. Compressed
The use of "::" indicates multiple groups of 16-bits of zeros.
The "::" can only appear once in an address. The "::" can also be
used to compress the leading and/or trailing zeros in an address.
    1080:0:0:0:8:800:200C:417A --> 1080::8:800:200C:417A
    FF01:0:0:0:0:0:0:101 --> FF01::101
    0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 --> ::1
    0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 --> ::
2.5.4 IPv6 Addresses with Embedded IPv4 Addresses
    IPv4-compatible IPv6 address (tunnel IPv6 packets over IPv4 routing infrastructures)
    ::0:129.144.52.38
    IPv4-mapped IPv6 address (represent the addresses of IPv4-only nodes as IPv6 addresses)
    ::ffff:129.144.52.38
The text representation of IPv6 addresses and prefixes in Augmented BNF (Backus-Naur Form) [ABNF] for reference purposes.
[ABNF http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2234]
      IPv6address = hexpart [ ":" IPv4address ]
      IPv4address = 1*3DIGIT "." 1*3DIGIT "." 1*3DIGIT "." 1*3DIGIT
      IPv6prefix = hexpart "/" 1*2DIGIT
      hexpart = hexseq | hexseq "::" [ hexseq ] | "::" [ hexseq ]
      hexseq = hex4 *( ":" hex4)
      hex4    = 1*4HEXDIG
Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.validateIP = function (value, format)
    var validIPv6Addresses = [
        //preferred
        /^(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}:){7}[a-f0-9]{1,4}(?:\/\d{1,3})?$/i,
        //various compressed
        /^[a-f0-9]{0,4}::(?:\/\d{1,3})?$/i,
        /^:(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){1,6}(?:\/\d{1,3})?$/i,
        /^(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}:){1,6}:(?:\/\d{1,3})?$/i,
        /^(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}:)(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){1,6}(?:\/\d{1,3})?$/i,
        /^(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}:){2}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){1,5}(?:\/\d{1,3})?$/i,
        /^(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}:){3}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){1,4}(?:\/\d{1,3})?$/i,
        /^(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}:){4}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){1,3}(?:\/\d{1,3})?$/i,
        /^(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}:){5}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){1,2}(?:\/\d{1,3})?$/i,
        /^(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}:){6}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4})(?:\/\d{1,3})?$/i,
        //IPv6 mixes with IPv4
        /^(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}:){6}(?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}(?:\/\d{1,3})?$/i,
        /^:(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){0,4}:(?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}(?:\/\d{1,3})?$/i,
        /^(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}:){1,5}:(?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}(?:\/\d{1,3})?$/i,
        /^(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}:)(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){1,4}:(?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}(?:\/\d{1,3})?$/i,
        /^(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}:){2}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){1,3}:(?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}(?:\/\d{1,3})?$/i,
        /^(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}:){3}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){1,2}:(?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}(?:\/\d{1,3})?$/i,
        /^(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}:){4}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}):(?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}(?:\/\d{1,3})?$/i
    var validIPv4Addresses = [
        //IPv4
        /^(\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}$/i
    var validAddresses = [];
    if (format == 'ipv6' || format == 'ipv6_ipv4') {
        validAddresses = validAddresses.concat(validIPv6Addresses);
    if (format == 'ipv4' || format == 'ipv6_ipv4') {
        validAddresses = validAddresses.concat(validIPv4Addresses);
    var ret = false;
    for (var i=0; i<validAddresses.length; i++) {
        if (validAddresses[i].test(value)) {
            ret = true;
            break;
    if (ret && value.indexOf(".") != -1) {
        //if address contains IPv4 fragment, it must be valid; all 4 groups must be less than 256
        var ipv4 = value.match(/:?(?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}/i);
        if(!ipv4) {
            return false;
        ipv4 = ipv4[0].replace(/^:/, '');
        var pieces = ipv4.split('.');
        if (pieces.length != 4) {
            return false;
        var regExp = /^[\-\+]?\d*$/;
        for (var i=0; i< pieces.length; i++) {
            if (pieces[i] == '') {
                return false;
            var piece = parseInt(pieces[i], 10);
            if (isNaN(piece) || piece > 255 || !regExp.test(pieces[i]) || pieces[i].length>3 || /^0{2,3}$/.test(pieces[i])) {
                return false;
    if (ret && value.indexOf("/") != -1) {
        // if prefix-length is specified must be in [1-128]
        var prefLen = value.match(/\/\d{1,3}$/);
        if (!prefLen) return false;
        var prefLenVal = parseInt(prefLen[0].replace(/^\//,''), 10);
        if (isNaN(prefLenVal) || prefLenVal > 128 || prefLenVal < 1) {
            return false;
    return ret;
Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.onloadDidFire = false;
Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.loadQueue = [];
Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.prototype.isBrowserSupported = function()
    return Spry.is.ie && Spry.is.v >= 5 && Spry.is.windows
        ||
    Spry.is.mozilla && Spry.is.v >= 1.4
        ||
    Spry.is.safari
        ||
    Spry.is.opera && Spry.is.v >= 9;
Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.prototype.init = function(element, options)
    this.element = this.getElement(element);
    this.errors = 0;
    this.flags = {locked: false, restoreSelection: true};
    this.options = {};
    this.event_handlers = [];
    this.validClass = "textfieldValidState";
    this.focusClass = "textfieldFocusState";
    this.requiredClass = "textfieldRequiredState";
    this.hintClass = "textfieldHintState";
    this.invalidFormatClass = "textfieldInvalidFormatState";
    this.invalidRangeMinClass = "textfieldMinValueState";
    this.invalidRangeMaxClass = "textfieldMaxValueState";
    this.invalidCharsMinClass = "textfieldMinCharsState";
    this.invalidCharsMaxClass = "textfieldMaxCharsState";
    this.textfieldFlashTextClass = "textfieldFlashText";
    if (Spry.is.safari) {
        this.flags.lastKeyPressedTimeStamp = 0;
    switch (this.type) {
        case 'phone_number':options.format = Spry.Widget.Utils.firstValid(options.format, 'phone_us');break;
        case 'currency':options.format = Spry.Widget.Utils.firstValid(options.format, 'comma_dot');break;
        case 'zip_code':options.format = Spry.Widget.Utils.firstValid(options.format, 'zip_us5');break;
        case 'date':
            options.format = Spry.Widget.Utils.firstValid(options.format, 'mm/dd/yy');
            break;
        case 'time':
            options.format = Spry.Widget.Utils.firstValid(options.format, 'HH:mm');
            options.pattern = options.format.replace(/[hms]/gi, "0").replace(/TT/gi, 'AM').replace(/T/gi, 'A');
            break;
        case 'ip':
            options.format = Spry.Widget.Utils.firstValid(options.format, 'ipv4');
            options.characterMasking = Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.ValidationDescriptors[this.type].characterMaskingFormats[ options.format];
            break;
    //retrieve the validation type descriptor to be used with this instance (base on type and format)
    //widgets may have different validations depending on format (like zip_code with formats)
    var validationDescriptor = {};
    if (options.format && Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.ValidationDescriptors[this.type].formats) {
        if (Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.ValidationDescriptors[this.type].formats[options.format] ) {
            Spry.Widget.Utils.setOptions(validationDescriptor, Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.ValidationDescriptors[this.type].formats[options.format]) ;
    } else {
        Spry.Widget.Utils.setOptions(validationDescriptor, Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.ValidationDescriptors[this.type]);
    //set default values for some parameters which were not aspecified
    options.useCharacterMasking = Spry.Widget.Utils.firstValid(options.useCharacterMasking, false);
    options.hint = Spry.Widget.Utils.firstValid(options.hint, '');
    options.isRequired = Spry.Widget.Utils.firstValid(options.isRequired, true);
    options.additionalError = Spry.Widget.Utils.firstValid(options.additionalError, false);
    if (options.additionalError)
        options.additionalError = this.getElement(options.additionalError);
    //set widget validation parameters
    //get values from validation type descriptor
    //use the user specified values, if defined
    options.characterMasking = Spry.Widget.Utils.firstValid(options.characterMasking, validationDescriptor.characterMasking);
    options.regExpFilter = Spry.Widget.Utils.firstValid(options.regExpFilter, validationDescriptor.regExpFilter);
    options.pattern = Spry.Widget.Utils.firstValid(options.pattern, validationDescriptor.pattern);
    options.validation = Spry.Widget.Utils.firstValid(options.validation, validationDescriptor.validation);
    if (typeof options.validation == 'string') {
        options.validation = eval(options.validation);
    options.minValue = Spry.Widget.Utils.firstValid(options.minValue, validationDescriptor.minValue);
    options.maxValue = Spry.Widget.Utils.firstValid(options.maxValue, validationDescriptor.maxValue);
    options.minChars = Spry.Widget.Utils.firstValid(options.minChars, validationDescriptor.minChars);
    options.maxChars = Spry.Widget.Utils.firstValid(options.maxChars, validationDescriptor.maxChars);
    Spry.Widget.Utils.setOptions(this, options);
    Spry.Widget.Utils.setOptions(this.options, options);
Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.prototype.destroy = function() {
    if (this.event_handlers)
        for (var i=0; i<this.event_handlers.length; i++) {
            Spry.Widget.Utils.removeEventListener(this.event_handlers[i][0], this.event_handlers[i][1], this.event_handlers[i][2], false);
    try { delete this.element; } catch(err) {}
    try { delete this.input; } catch(err) {}
    try { delete this.form; } catch(err) {}
    try { delete this.event_handlers; } catch(err) {}
    try { this.selection.destroy(); } catch(err) {}
    try { delete this.selection; } catch(err) {}
    var q = Spry.Widget.Form.onSubmitWidgetQueue;
    var qlen = q.length;
    for (var i = 0; i < qlen; i++) {
        if (q[i] == this) {
            q.splice(i, 1);
            break;
Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.prototype.attachBehaviors = function()
    if (this.element) {
        if (this.element.nodeName == "INPUT") {
            this.input = this.element;
        } else {
            this.input = Spry.Widget.Utils.getFirstChildWithNodeNameAtAnyLevel(this.element, "INPUT");
    if (this.input) {
        if (this.maxChars) {
            this.input.removeAttribute("maxLength");
        this.putHint();
        this.compilePattern();
        if (this.type == 'date') {
            this.compileDatePattern();
        this.input.setAttribute("AutoComplete", "off");
        this.selection = new Spry.Widget.SelectionDescriptor(this.input);
        this.oldValue = this.input.value;
        var self = this;
        this.event_handlers = [];
        this.event_handlers.push([this.input, "keydown", function(e) { if (self.isDisabled()) return true; return self.onKeyDown(e || event); }]);
        this.event_handlers.push([this.input, "keypress", function(e) { if (self.isDisabled()) return true; return self.onKeyPress(e || event); }]);
        if (Spry.is.opera) {
            this.event_handlers.push([this.input, "keyup", function(e) { if (self.isDisabled()) return true; return self.onKeyUp(e || event); }]);
        this.event_handlers.push([this.input, "focus", function(e) { if (self.isDisabled()) return true; return self.onFocus(e || event); }]);
        this.event_handlers.push([this.input, "blur", function(e) { if (self.isDisabled()) return true; return self.onBlur(e || event); }]);
        this.event_handlers.push([this.input, "mousedown", function(e) { if (self.isDisabled()) return true; return self.onMouseDown(e || event); }]);
        var changeEvent =
            Spry.is.mozilla || Spry.is.opera || Spry.is.safari?"input":
            Spry.is.ie?"propertychange":
            "change";
        this.event_handlers.push([this.input, changeEvent, function(e) { if (self.isDisabled()) return true; return self.onChange(e || event); }]);
        if (Spry.is.mozilla || Spry.is.safari) {
            //oninput event on mozilla does not fire ondragdrop
            this.event_handlers.push([this.input, "dragdrop", function(e) { if (self.isDisabled()) return true; self.removeHint();return self.onChange(e || event); }]);
        } else if (Spry.is.ie){
            //ondrop&onpropertychange crash on IE
            this.event_handlers.push([this.input, "drop", function(e) { if (self.isDisabled()) return true; return self.onDrop(e || event); }]);
        for (var i=0; i<this.event_handlers.length; i++) {
            Spry.Widget.Utils.addEventListener(this.event_handlers[i][0], this.event_handlers[i][1], this.event_handlers[i][2], false);
        // submit
        this.form = Spry.Widget.Utils.getFirstParentWithNodeName(this.input, "FORM");
        if (this.form) {
            // if no "onSubmit" handler has been attached to the current form, attach one
            if (!this.form.attachedSubmitHandler && !this.form.onsubmit) {
                this.form.onsubmit = function(e) { e = e || event; return Spry.Widget.Form.onSubmit(e, e.srcElement || e.currentTarget) };
                this.form.attachedSubmitHandler = true;
            if (!this.form.attachedResetHandler) {
                Spry.Widget.Utils.addEventListener(this.form, "reset", function(e) { e = e || event; return Spry.Widget.Form.onReset(e, e.srcElement || e.currentTarget) }, false);
                this.form.attachedResetHandler = true;
            // add the currrent widget to the "onSubmit" check queue;
            Spry.Widget.Form.onSubmitWidgetQueue.push(this);
Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.prototype.isDisabled = function() {
    return this.input && (this.input.disabled || this.input.readOnly) || !this.input;
Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.prototype.getElement = function(ele)
    if (ele && typeof ele == "string")
        return document.getElementById(ele);
    return ele;
Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.addLoadListener = function(handler)
    if (typeof window.addEventListener != 'undefined')
        window.addEventListener('load', handler, false);
    else if (typeof document.addEventListener != 'undefined')
        document.addEventListener('load', handler, false);
    else if (typeof window.attachEvent != 'undefined')
        window.attachEvent('onload', handler);
Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.processLoadQueue = function(handler)
    Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.onloadDidFire = true;
    var q = Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.loadQueue;
    var qlen = q.length;
    for (var i = 0; i < qlen; i++)
        q[i].attachBehaviors();
Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.addLoadListener(Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.processLoa dQueue);
Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.addLoadListener(function(){
    Spry.Widget.Utils.addEventListener(window, "unload", Spry.Widget.Form.destroyAll, false);
Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.prototype.setValue = function(newValue) {
    this.flags.locked = true;
    this.input.value = newValue;
    this.flags.locked = false;
    this.oldValue = newValue;
    if (!Spry.is.ie) {
        this.onChange();
* save the state of the input (selection and value) so we can revert to it
* should call this just before modifying the input value
Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.prototype.saveState = function()
    this.oldValue = this.input.value;
    this.selection.update();
Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.prototype.revertState = function(revertValue)
    if (revertValue != this.input.value) {
        this.input.readOnly = true;
        this.input.value = revertValue;
        this.input.readOnly = false;
        if (Spry.is.safari && this.flags.active) {
            this.input.focus();
if (this.flags.restoreSelection) {
    this.selection.moveTo(this.selection.start, this.selection.end);
    this.redTextFlash();
Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField.prototype.removeHint = function()
    if (this.flags.hintOn) {
        this.input.value = "";
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Hi All,
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The blob table doesn't have any "ID" as all the other examples use, i.e All the examples seem to reference files that have been uploaded via APEX initially. As the PL/PDF pdf file is directly into the database. How can I get it rendered onto the clients display, without using modplsql (as it's not used in APEX XE Edition).
TIA
Jon

<p>Hi Jon,
Hopefully the following article covers everything you need to accomplish
<ul><li>http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/9i/ExportBlob9i.php</li></ul>
Regards, Kris</p>
Forgot to add, if you are on windows, substitute /tmp/ for a valid windows path eg "C:/temp/"
also see the note at the bottom:
"Bug #2546782, raised against 9.2.0 on Windows 2000, reports wrong output from UTL_FILE.PUT_RAW
Oracle 10g includes extra open modes (rb, wr, ab) to signify byte mode operation. The "wb" open mode can be used along with the PUT_RAW procedure to prevent extra newline characters being added on a Windows platform."
Message was edited by:
Kris Jones

How to display special characteds in OBIEE reports?

How to display special characters/multi lingual characters in OBIEE reports? Could you please let me know were all I need to make the changes in OBI so as to see the similar set of characters that being saved in database.
Thanks in advance
Regards,
Jeetender
Edited by: user9353498 on Mar 17, 2010 3:55 AM

Hi,
I believe it depends on your database type. If your database query supports it, OBIEE should not have any problem.
I think there are only 2 constraints which might stop OBIEE from displaying special characters.
1) OBIEE internal javascript which does not allow special characters
2) Database type which does not allow special characters in query.
If you can take care of these 2 reasons, then it should be possible.
However, experts can shed some more light on it.
-Vinay

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David

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I think it is pretty obvious that my understanding of what the **** I am doing is limited. (^_^)
Any help/insight/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

For you given situation you should just clone the drive to your external. Once you get a new drive and new system installed you can try restoring individual files from the clone. The easiest way is to use the Restore option of Disk Utility:
How to Clone Using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (journaled, if available) and click on the Erase button. This step can be skipped if the destination has already been freshly erased.
4. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
5. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
6. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
7. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the drive to which you will restore or backup.
Source means the drive you are restoring from or backing up.
Although a NAS may be nice you cannot use it for a bootable backup. If the NAS doesn't support the Apple filesystem and AFP then you may find problems when using it for backup. Windows and Linux do not support the same filesystems and prevent certain illegal characters in file names that are permitted in OS X. Furthermore, NAS backup is slow especially if it isn't over Ethernet - Gigabit Ethernet.
I tend to prefer more traditional methods:
Basic Backup
Get an external Firewire drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
1. Retrospect Desktop (Commercial - not yet universal binary)
2. Synchronize! Pro X (Commercial)
3. Synk (Backup, Standard, or Pro)
4. Deja Vu (Shareware)
5. Carbon Copy Cloner (Donationware)
6. SuperDuper! (Commercial)
7. Intego Personal Backup (Commercial)
8. Data Backup (Commercial)
9. SilverKeeper 2.0 (Freeware)
10. MimMac (Commercial)
The following utilities can also be used for backup, but cannot create bootable clones:
1. Backup (requires a .Mac account with Apple both to get the software and to use it.)
2. Toast
3. Impression
4. arRSync
Apple's Backup is a full backup tool capable of also backing up across multiple media such as CD/DVD. However, it cannot create bootable backups. It is primarily an "archiving" utility as are the other two.
Impression and Toast are disk image based backups, only. Particularly useful if you need to backup to CD/DVD across multiple media.
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore. Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files.
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Enclosures for FireWire and USB are readily available. You can find only FireWire enclosures, only USB enclosures, and enclosures that feature multiple ports. I would stress getting enclosures that use the Oxford chipsets (911, 921, 922, for example.) You can find enclosures at places such as;
Cool Drives
OWC
WiebeTech
Firewire Direct
California Drives
NewEgg
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following problem:
DbAdapter inserts data into DB (i.e. an invoice).
Process takes part in global transaction.
After the insert there is a transformation which uses query-database and / or lookup-table.
It seems these XPath / XSLT functions are NOT taking part in the transaction and so we can not access information from the current db transaction.
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One dba contacted me and made this statement:
Import & export utilities are not independent from characterset. All
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nls_nchar_characterset = UTF8
Running on Windows.
EXP produces a backup in WE8MSWIN1252.
I found that if I change the setting of the NLS_LANG registry setting for my oracle home, the exp utility exports to that character set.
I changed the nls_lang
from AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8MSWIN1252
to AMERICAN_AMERICA.UTF8
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I get a warning on a possible character set conversion issue from AL32UTF8 to UTF8.
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ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected BLOB, CLOB, get CHAR.
EXP-00000: export terminated unsuccessfully.
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Somebody please offer some assistance here.
I've lost some important information entered into a web form and simply using the back button will not retrieve it. I'm hoping it can be retrieved through the cache or form value files somehow but I'm not familiar with these types of files so I'm coming up short.
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