Re: Unicode conversion

Frank van Bortel wrote:
> Rauf Sarwar wrote:
> > debu_at_rheal.com wrote:
> >
> >>Yes, i am working on a utility program in dot net which reads the
> >
> > data
> >
> >>and does a processing and update the database again. I am reading
it
> >
> > in
> >
> >>OracleBinary, What i am trying to accomplish is to convert a mbcs
> >>string + a locale to a Unicode string. How do i do it?
> >>Thanks in advance,
> >>
> >>Debu
> >
> >
> > Why not just use export/import rather then re-inventing the wheel
thru
> > .NET. If you have access to Oracle metalink
http://metalink.oracle.com,
> > read docid 225912.1 for an overview.
> >
> > Regards
> > /Rauf
> >
>
> I thought long raw wasn't affected by locale settings
> for imp/exp?
> --
> Regards,
> Frank van Bortel

You are right. I should have read the original post rather then assume it's a straight charset conversion :->)

After re-reading the whole thread, Jim's response seems most appropriate here. Why use LONG RAW to store chars in the first place?

Regards
/Rauf Received on Thu Feb 03 2005 - 08:45:54 CST