RE: RE: display x square

2003-08-27 Thread Guido Konsolke
Hi, eeh, sorry but your 1. post says: 'I need to display' now, your 1. post says: 'I don't want to display'. Would you please tell us what you really want / need. And (as Naveen wrote: where). Still headscratching, Guido -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net --

RE: RE: display x square

2003-08-27 Thread Stephane Faroult
I am afraid you are totally off-topic. This is not a database problem, it is a character set problem. Check the character set you are using, there may be, among those weird characters outside the 'usual' ranges, a tiny little 2 hanging up. Note down the character number, say n, and store 'x' ||

Re: RE: display x square

2003-08-27 Thread Tanel Poder
Store it as 'x ** 2' and everybody will understand. Or store it in two rows, one row is ' 2' and second one is 'x' SQL select ' 2' || chr(10) || 'x' SQR from dual; SQR2x ;) Tanel.

RE: RE: display x square

2003-08-27 Thread manoj . gurnani
I am not offtopic. Mq question was to display the notation x superscript 2 as written down in paper. -Original Message- Stephane Faroult Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 6:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am afraid you are totally off-topic. This is not a database problem, it is a

RE: RE: display x square

2003-08-27 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Manoj I agree entirely with Stephane. For most of us the display is based on the ASCII character set, which doesn't have the character you desire. If you go beyond ASCII, then you are in the device-dependent region. For example, if you wanted to print this on an HP laser printer, then you'd