From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Mon Mar 15 04:11:33 2004 Return-Path: Received: from air189.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i2FABWR18926 for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 04:11:32 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air189.startdedicated.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i2FABJo18902 for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 04:11:20 -0600 Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id F3C693908AE; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 05:10:13 -0500 (EST) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Mon, 15 Mar 2004 05:09:06 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Delivered-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Received: from mhp010.nerc-murchison.ac.uk (mhp010.nerc-murchison.ac.uk [192.171.157.135]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 5171D3905F4 for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 05:09:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from mhnts2.nerc-murchison.ac.uk (mhnts2.nerc-murchison.ac.uk) by mhp010.nerc-murchison.ac.uk (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.3.10) with ESMTP id for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 10:03:52 +0000 Received: by mhnts2.nerc-murchison.ac.uk with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2656.59) id ; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 09:59:34 -0000 Message-ID: <20F05B2143AF194CB9E300E1AEE5EF850C8A85@mhntsmail.ad.bgs.ac.uk> From: "Robson, Peter" To: "'oracle-l@freelists.org'" Subject: Use of the quote / apostrophe in text fields Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 09:59:33 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2656.59) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C40A74.3728E969" X-archive-position: 808 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: pgro@bgs.ac.uk Precedence: normal Reply-To: oracle-l@freelists.org X-list: oracle-l ------_=_NextPart_001_01C40A74.3728E969 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Many of our data fields require use of a quote embedded within the text field, most particularly for proper names (eg 'A'MHOINE PSAMMITE', just to give you a taste of Scottish geological terminology!) This can prove troublesome where autogenerated update scripts are used, in which the value of the field is retrieved back into a quote-delimited string. Is anyone aware of a means of redefining the field delimiter from a quote to some other arbitrary character in SQL? thanks, peter edinburgh ********************************************************************* This e-mail message, and any files transmitted with it, are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee. If this message was not addressed to you, you have received it in error and any copying, distribution or other use of any part of it is strictly prohibited. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of the British Geological Survey. The security of e-mail communication cannot be guaranteed and the BGS accepts no liability for claims arising as a result of the use of this medium to transmit messages from or to the BGS. . http://www.bgs.ac.uk ********************************************************************* ------_=_NextPart_001_01C40A74.3728E969 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" RE: 10g ORA-12709: Error while loading create database character set
Many of our data fields require use of a quote embedded within the text field, most particularly for proper names (eg 'A'MHOINE PSAMMITE', just to give you a taste of Scottish geological terminology!)
 
This can prove troublesome where autogenerated update scripts are used, in which the value of the field is retrieved back into a quote-delimited string.
 
Is anyone aware of a means of redefining the field delimiter from a quote to some other arbitrary character in SQL?
 
thanks,
 
peter
edinburgh
 


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