ASCIISTR

Syntax

asciistr::=

Text description of asciistr

Purpose

ASCIISTR takes as its argument a string in any character set and returns an ASCII string in the database character set. The value returned contains only characters that appear in SQL, plus the forward slash (/). Non-ASCII characters are converted to their Unicode (UTF-16) binary code value.

See Also: Oracle9i Database Globalization Support Guide for information on Unicode character sets and character semantics

Examples

The following example returns the ASCII string equivalent of the text string "ABÄCDE":

SELECT ASCIISTR('ABÄCDE') FROM DUAL;

ASCIISTR('FLAUW
---------------
AB\00C4CDE