Oracle® Database SQL Reference 10g Release 2 (10.2) Part Number B14200-02 |
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Syntax
Purpose
ASCIISTR
takes as its argument a string, or an expression that resolves to a string, in any character set and returns an ASCII version of the string in the database character set. Non-ASCII characters are converted to the form \xxxx
, where xxxx
represents a UTF-16 code unit.
See Also:
Oracle Database Globalization Support Guide for information on Unicode character sets and character semanticsExamples
The following example returns the ASCII string equivalent of the text string "ABÄCDE
":
SELECT ASCIISTR('ABÄCDE') FROM DUAL; ASCIISTR(' ---------- AB\00C4CDE