Re: Save currency symbol in DB

From: L120bj <l120bj_at_aol.com>
Date: 12 Feb 2001 22:52:28 GMT
Message-ID: <20010212175228.06267.00000606@ng-fh1.aol.com>

>Subject: Save currency symbol in DB
>From: "Andrew Stubbs" news_at_stusoft.com
>Date: 2/10/01 1:58 PM GMT Standard Time
>Message-id: <981813497.4662.0.nnrp-09.3e31fc09_at_news.demon.co.uk>
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>I am trying to save the "£" pound sign into a varchar, but when i retrieve
>it I get the "#" sign.
>I am using WEISO8859P1 charset on the server. I have also tried changing
>NLS_LANG etc but it makes no difference. Using 8.1.6 on Linux.
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>Where have I gone wrong ?
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>Andrew
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Hi Andrew,
You say you're using 8.1.6 on Linux. Is that where both the server and the client session (i.e. the one that returns the #) or is the client session on a different platform, e.g. Windows NT ?
Regards,
Rob Received on Mon Feb 12 2001 - 16:52:28 CST