Oracle OWA_CX
Version 26ai

General Information
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Purpose EBCDIC character set support constant declarations
AUTHID DEFINER
Constants SELECT value
FROM v$nls_parameters
WHERE parameter = 'NLS_CHARACTERSET';

IF value LIKE '%EBCDIC%' THEN

CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE owa_cx IS
 NL_CHAR CONSTANT varchar2(1) := chr(21);
 SP_CHAR CONSTANT varchar2(1) := chr(64);
 BS_CHAR CONSTANT varchar2(1) := chr(22);
 HT_CHAR CONSTANT varchar2(1) := chr(5);
 XP_CHAR CONSTANT varchar2(1) := chr(90);
END owa_cx;
/

ELSE

CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE owa_cx IS
 NL_CHAR CONSTANT varchar2(1) := chr(10);
 SP_CHAR CONSTANT varchar2(1) := chr(32);
 BS_CHAR CONSTANT varchar2(1) := chr(8);
 HT_CHAR CONSTANT varchar2(1) := chr(9);
 XP_CHAR CONSTANT varchar2(1) := chr(33);
END owa_cx;
/
Dependencies
HTP OWA_CACHE OWA_UTIL
OWA OWA_SEC  
Documented No
First Available 8.1.7
Security Model Owned by SYS with no privileges granted
Source {ORACLE_HOME}/rdbms/admin/owachars.sql

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OWA_TEXT
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