utl_raw.cast_to_varchar increase length of String

select length(initcap(utl_raw.cast_to_varchar2(nlssort('Chloé','nls_sort=binary_ai')))) 

from dual

length - 6

select length('Chloé') 

from dual

length - 5

I am using this function to change the accented character to base character.

edited Nov 21 '18 at 7:50

Wernfried Domscheit

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asked Nov 20 '18 at 21:53

Praphul Viswan

Thanks Praphul. What is your question? Are you wondering why the length differs between these functions? If so, nlssort is responsible. Some additional information would be helpful, such as your NLS globalization params (NLS_LANGUAGE,NLS_CHARACTERSET, etc.). It would be helpful to DUMP these two items (instead of length). At a glance, it could be that the second example has length of 5 with the literal character string ending in ASCII character 233, vs nlssort's extra null character (0) added to 5-length string ending in character 101. But the extra data would be helpful.

– alexgibbs
Nov 21 '18 at 1:29

Why do you want to change the accent character?

– Wernfried Domscheit
Nov 21 '18 at 5:43

length(initcap(...)) is fairly pointless.

– Wernfried Domscheit
Nov 21 '18 at 7:50

When I try dump(utl_raw.cast_to_varchar2(nlssort('Chloé','nls_sort=binary_ai')), 1016) then I get Typ=1 Len=6 CharacterSet=AL32UTF8: 63,68,6c,6f,65,0, i.e. NLSSORT appends character (0).

– Wernfried Domscheit
Nov 21 '18 at 8:16

The requirement is to remove all accented characters to base character and as it is name I have added initcap . Once I introduce this utl_raw function , there is a special character being generated at the end of field :- "^@" in UNIX which breaks the down stream process while consuming file . I have tried convert and translate , both are not working on some accented characters , is there a way to remove that NULL character from end , I tried TRIM , doesnt seem to work.

– Praphul Viswan
Nov 21 '18 at 14:08

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select length(initcap(utl_raw.cast_to_varchar2(nlssort('Chloé','nls_sort=binary_ai')))) 

from dual

length - 6

select length('Chloé') 

from dual

length - 5

I am using this function to change the accented character to base character.

edited Nov 21 '18 at 7:50

Wernfried Domscheit

24.1k42858

asked Nov 20 '18 at 21:53

Praphul Viswan

Thanks Praphul. What is your question? Are you wondering why the length differs between these functions? If so, nlssort is responsible. Some additional information would be helpful, such as your NLS globalization params (NLS_LANGUAGE,NLS_CHARACTERSET, etc.). It would be helpful to DUMP these two items (instead of length). At a glance, it could be that the second example has length of 5 with the literal character string ending in ASCII character 233, vs nlssort's extra null character (0) added to 5-length string ending in character 101. But the extra data would be helpful.

– alexgibbs
Nov 21 '18 at 1:29

Why do you want to change the accent character?

– Wernfried Domscheit
Nov 21 '18 at 5:43

length(initcap(...)) is fairly pointless.

– Wernfried Domscheit
Nov 21 '18 at 7:50

When I try dump(utl_raw.cast_to_varchar2(nlssort('Chloé','nls_sort=binary_ai')), 1016) then I get Typ=1 Len=6 CharacterSet=AL32UTF8: 63,68,6c,6f,65,0, i.e. NLSSORT appends character (0).

– Wernfried Domscheit
Nov 21 '18 at 8:16

The requirement is to remove all accented characters to base character and as it is name I have added initcap . Once I introduce this utl_raw function , there is a special character being generated at the end of field :- "^@" in UNIX which breaks the down stream process while consuming file . I have tried convert and translate , both are not working on some accented characters , is there a way to remove that NULL character from end , I tried TRIM , doesnt seem to work.

– Praphul Viswan
Nov 21 '18 at 14:08

add a comment |

select length(initcap(utl_raw.cast_to_varchar2(nlssort('Chloé','nls_sort=binary_ai')))) 

from dual

length - 6

select length('Chloé') 

from dual

length - 5

I am using this function to change the accented character to base character.

edited Nov 21 '18 at 7:50

Wernfried Domscheit

24.1k42858

asked Nov 20 '18 at 21:53

Praphul Viswan

select length(initcap(utl_raw.cast_to_varchar2(nlssort('Chloé','nls_sort=binary_ai')))) 

from dual

length - 6

select length('Chloé') 

from dual

length - 5

I am using this function to change the accented character to base character.

oracle non-ascii-characters

edited Nov 21 '18 at 7:50

Wernfried Domscheit

24.1k42858

asked Nov 20 '18 at 21:53

Praphul Viswan

edited Nov 21 '18 at 7:50

Wernfried Domscheit

24.1k42858

asked Nov 20 '18 at 21:53

Praphul Viswan

edited Nov 21 '18 at 7:50

Wernfried Domscheit

24.1k42858

edited Nov 21 '18 at 7:50

Wernfried Domscheit

24.1k42858

edited Nov 21 '18 at 7:50

Wernfried Domscheit

24.1k42858

asked Nov 20 '18 at 21:53

Praphul Viswan

asked Nov 20 '18 at 21:53

Praphul Viswan

asked Nov 20 '18 at 21:53

Praphul Viswan

Thanks Praphul. What is your question? Are you wondering why the length differs between these functions? If so, nlssort is responsible. Some additional information would be helpful, such as your NLS globalization params (NLS_LANGUAGE,NLS_CHARACTERSET, etc.). It would be helpful to DUMP these two items (instead of length). At a glance, it could be that the second example has length of 5 with the literal character string ending in ASCII character 233, vs nlssort's extra null character (0) added to 5-length string ending in character 101. But the extra data would be helpful.

– alexgibbs
Nov 21 '18 at 1:29

Why do you want to change the accent character?

– Wernfried Domscheit
Nov 21 '18 at 5:43

length(initcap(...)) is fairly pointless.

– Wernfried Domscheit
Nov 21 '18 at 7:50

When I try dump(utl_raw.cast_to_varchar2(nlssort('Chloé','nls_sort=binary_ai')), 1016) then I get Typ=1 Len=6 CharacterSet=AL32UTF8: 63,68,6c,6f,65,0, i.e. NLSSORT appends character (0).

– Wernfried Domscheit
Nov 21 '18 at 8:16

The requirement is to remove all accented characters to base character and as it is name I have added initcap . Once I introduce this utl_raw function , there is a special character being generated at the end of field :- "^@" in UNIX which breaks the down stream process while consuming file . I have tried convert and translate , both are not working on some accented characters , is there a way to remove that NULL character from end , I tried TRIM , doesnt seem to work.

– Praphul Viswan
Nov 21 '18 at 14:08

add a comment |

Thanks Praphul. What is your question? Are you wondering why the length differs between these functions? If so, nlssort is responsible. Some additional information would be helpful, such as your NLS globalization params (NLS_LANGUAGE,NLS_CHARACTERSET, etc.). It would be helpful to DUMP these two items (instead of length). At a glance, it could be that the second example has length of 5 with the literal character string ending in ASCII character 233, vs nlssort's extra null character (0) added to 5-length string ending in character 101. But the extra data would be helpful.

– alexgibbs
Nov 21 '18 at 1:29

Why do you want to change the accent character?

– Wernfried Domscheit
Nov 21 '18 at 5:43

length(initcap(...)) is fairly pointless.

– Wernfried Domscheit
Nov 21 '18 at 7:50

When I try dump(utl_raw.cast_to_varchar2(nlssort('Chloé','nls_sort=binary_ai')), 1016) then I get Typ=1 Len=6 CharacterSet=AL32UTF8: 63,68,6c,6f,65,0, i.e. NLSSORT appends character (0).

– Wernfried Domscheit
Nov 21 '18 at 8:16

The requirement is to remove all accented characters to base character and as it is name I have added initcap . Once I introduce this utl_raw function , there is a special character being generated at the end of field :- "^@" in UNIX which breaks the down stream process while consuming file . I have tried convert and translate , both are not working on some accented characters , is there a way to remove that NULL character from end , I tried TRIM , doesnt seem to work.

– Praphul Viswan
Nov 21 '18 at 14:08

Thanks Praphul. What is your question? Are you wondering why the length differs between these functions? If so, nlssort is responsible. Some additional information would be helpful, such as your NLS globalization params (NLS_LANGUAGE,NLS_CHARACTERSET, etc.). It would be helpful to DUMP these two items (instead of length). At a glance, it could be that the second example has length of 5 with the literal character string ending in ASCII character 233, vs nlssort's extra null character (0) added to 5-length string ending in character 101. But the extra data would be helpful.

– alexgibbs
Nov 21 '18 at 1:29

Why do you want to change the accent character?

– Wernfried Domscheit
Nov 21 '18 at 5:43

length(initcap(...)) is fairly pointless.

– Wernfried Domscheit
Nov 21 '18 at 7:50

When I try dump(utl_raw.cast_to_varchar2(nlssort('Chloé','nls_sort=binary_ai')), 1016) then I get Typ=1 Len=6 CharacterSet=AL32UTF8: 63,68,6c,6f,65,0, i.e. NLSSORT appends character (0).

– Wernfried Domscheit
Nov 21 '18 at 8:16

The requirement is to remove all accented characters to base character and as it is name I have added initcap . Once I introduce this utl_raw function , there is a special character being generated at the end of field :- "^@" in UNIX which breaks the down stream process while consuming file . I have tried convert and translate , both are not working on some accented characters , is there a way to remove that NULL character from end , I tried TRIM , doesnt seem to work.

– Praphul Viswan
Nov 21 '18 at 14:08

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SELECT INITCAP(REPLACE(utl_raw.cast_to_varchar2(nlssort('Chloé','nls_sort=binary_ai')),CHR(0),''))FROM dual

answered Nov 21 '18 at 17:18

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SELECT INITCAP(REPLACE(utl_raw.cast_to_varchar2(nlssort('Chloé','nls_sort=binary_ai')),CHR(0),''))FROM dual

answered Nov 21 '18 at 17:18

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Solved the issue :

SELECT INITCAP(REPLACE(utl_raw.cast_to_varchar2(nlssort('Chloé','nls_sort=binary_ai')),CHR(0),''))FROM dual

answered Nov 21 '18 at 17:18

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Solved the issue :

SELECT INITCAP(REPLACE(utl_raw.cast_to_varchar2(nlssort('Chloé','nls_sort=binary_ai')),CHR(0),''))FROM dual

answered Nov 21 '18 at 17:18

Praphul Viswan

Solved the issue :

SELECT INITCAP(REPLACE(utl_raw.cast_to_varchar2(nlssort('Chloé','nls_sort=binary_ai')),CHR(0),''))FROM dual

answered Nov 21 '18 at 17:18

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answered Nov 21 '18 at 17:18

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