Alright, I understand now. Thanks alot for the help.. I need to look for the
solution with least impact on the application.
Regards
Sheraz Jamshed
Thomas Fischer-11 wrote:
>
> SheraX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 26.10.2007 12:30:15:
>
>>
>> Thanks alot for the reply Thomas.
>>
>> Regarding your solution a) how can I check the length for the character
> set
>> that Tourque Uses?
>
> You misunderstood me. Not Torque uses a characterset, but the database
> does. Check Your database manual for how to find out the characterset of
> your database (usually this is configurable)
>
>> For solution b) how can I change the db character set?
>
> Again, this needs to be changed in the database. Check the db manual.
>
>> Can we change the charset of db from any torque configuration files ?
>
> Definitely not.
>
>>
>> Thanks in advance...
>>
>> Sheraz Jamshed
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thomas Fischer-11 wrote:
>> >
>> > There are fixed length character sets (each character uses the same
> amount
>> > of space, like ISO-8859-1 (1 byte) or unicode(2 bytes)) and variable
>> > length
>> > character sets where some characters neen more space than others (e.g.
>> > utf-8 where characters can occupy 1-3 bytes). It seems that java and
> the
>> > db
>> > use different character sets. The database or its driver takes care of
> the
>> > conversion, which can lead to a longer byte sequence in the db.
>> >
>> > The solution would be a) to make the length check in the charset of the
> db
>> > or b) use the same charset in the db as in the web application.
>> >
>> > Thomas
>> >
>> > SheraX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 26.10.2007 08:21:17:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Hellow everyone,
>> >>
>> >> I am getting a strange problem. I am developing a webapplication in
> IBM
>> >> Rational Software Development Platform Version: 6.0.1 Using Torque
>> > Version
>> >> 3.0.2.
>> >> I need to insert special characters like (ABCDEFG1234ÑãäåæçèéêêהЦБЌ)
> into
>> > an
>> >> Oracle(10g) Table Column of type VARCHAR2(4000 BYTE).
>> >>
>> >> The Charset of web application is default IS0-8859. The value is saved
> in
>> >> database and retrieved and displayed fine. But the problem arises on
>> > boundry
>> >> value checks.
>> >> Now the string containing special characters of higher decimal ASCII
>> > value
>> >> occupy more bytes then lower ASCII value. So the length of the string
> is
>> >> different then the number of characters input by user.
>> >> Before inserting into database I validate the input value in the form
> to
>> > be
>> >> less then 4000 bytes (using myValue.length() ). It indeed shows value
>> > less
>> >> then 4000 like in one case the length of the string is 3680. But when
>> > torque
>> >> tries to insert the value in database the ORA Exception is encountered
>> >>
>> >> "org.apache.torque.TorqueException: Data size bigger than max size for
>> > this
>> >> type: 4245"
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I am not able to understand why string length changes when torque
> tries
>> > to
>> >> insert it into the database.
>> >>
>> >> Awaiting Response
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Regards
>> >>
>> >> SheraX
>> >>
>> >>
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