I have a field with an upside down question mark chr(191). When we do a select on it, the character shows up as a normal question mark chr(63). I found this out by doing SELECT fld1 ascii(fld1) and it showed: ? 191 Since the upside down character is what is really in the database, how can I show it when I do a query. Thanks Randy ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------