Checkout UTL_RAW.CAST_TO_RAW to convert varchar2 to
raw datatypes
hth
connor
- "Hagedorn, Linda" <lindah_at_epocrates.com> wrote: >
Hello,
>
> Does anyone have an example of how to insert raw
> ascii into a varchar2
> field?
>
> For example,
> CREATE TABLE LH_test
> ( col1 varchar2(10),
> col2 varchar2(10),
> col3 varchar2(10) )
> PCTFREE 0 PCTUSED 80 INITRANS 1 MAXTRANS 255
> LOGGING
> STORAGE(INITIAL 5M NEXT 5M MINEXTENTS 1
> MAXEXTENTS 2147483645 PCTINCREASE 0
> FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1 BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT)
> TABLESPACE REGDAT ;
> commit ;
> insert into lh_test values ( 'X'||chr(9),
> 'Y'||chr(A), 'Z'||chr(D) ) ;
>
> Why am I doing this? Because some non-printable
> ascii codes have been
> inserted in some fields and I am tasked with finding
> the bad data. I need a
> test bed to insure I can scan for ranges of ascii
> characters, and need a
> range of known ascii printable and non-printable
> characters in a test table.
>
>
> The bad data can be in over 200 fields, so I need a
> broad tool; I'll gen the
> select statements after I have some test data to
> work with.
>
> Any suggestions or referrals are appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Linda
>
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