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REPORTS_NO_HTML_SPACE_REPLACE environment variable

This environment variable specifies whether spaces should not be replaced with   in HTML or HTMLCSS output.

Oracle Reports maps HTML metadata characters in the data retrieved for a field to the appropriate encoding. That is, Oracle Reports automatically maps:

In most cases, the browser produces the correct results and handles the spaces correctly. In some cases, the browser’s handling of spaces does not produce the required output. This happens in such cases as where the user has padded the front of the data to produce indentation. Since the browser will treat multiple spaces as single space, the indentation is lost.

Valid Values

YES|not set

Default

not set

Usage notes

Example

If REPORTS_NO_HTML_SPACE_REPLACE=YES, then the output for the sentence [ Typical data output] will be:

[ Typical data output]

and display as (ignoring preceding spaces):

[Typical data output]

Not setting the environment variable will cause the output to change to:

[  Typical data output]

and display as (maintaining preceding spaces:

[ Typical data output]

Note: Brackets in the preceding example are used to show preceding spaces; they are not part of the sentence.

See also

Environment variables