On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 07:06, Mladen Gogala wrote: > On 05/28/2004 08:47:28 AM, "Steiner, Randy" wrote: > > Since the upside down character is what is really in the database, how can I > > show it when I do a query. > > You need the font which will show "flip the bird" sign when it doesn't > recognize a character. That is what "reverse question mark" means. Mladen's way of verbalizing "I don't know". This is likely related to your NLS settings. There's a lot of info on this in the documentation. I have not offered a solution, as I don't have one either, though it may just be your NLS_LANG setting. Jared ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------