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RDBPROD: How to locate and manipulate special characters such as CR or LF in a text column (Doc ID 1282872.1)

Last updated on APRIL 14, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Rdb Server on OpenVMS - Version 7.0 and later
HP OpenVMS Alpha
HP OpenVMS VAX
HP OpenVMS Itanium

Goal

Is it possible to locate a special character such as a CR (carriage return) in a string and, if necessary, replace it, either temporarily or permanently?

Such special characters can cause problems in RMU/UNLOAD to an ASCII file and then displaying, or simply displaying them in interactive SQL.

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