Oracle returns ¿ instead of unicode characters

[dzenanz]

Java insert proc:

storedProc = conn.prepareCall("{call SMSC.p_smsu_campaign_insert(?,?,?,?,?,?)}");
storedProc.setString("Campaign_name", campaign);
storedProc.setString("Used_OA", OA);
storedProc.setInt("RefNum", 1);
storedProc.setString("Send_Start", df.format(new java.sql.Date(startSend)));
storedProc.setString("Last_VP", df.format(new java.sql.Date(EndDate.getTime() + validity_period)));
storedProc.setString("Created", df.format(new java.sql.Date(System.currentTimeMillis())));
storedProc.execute();

DB insert proc:

create or replace procedure P_SMSU_CAMPAIGN_INSERT (
Campaign_name in nchar,
Used_OA in char,
RefNum in number:=1,
Last_VP in char,
Send_Start in char,
Created in char
) is
begin
  insert into Campaigns (Campaign_name, Used_OA, RefNum, Last_VP, Send_Start, Created)
  values (Campaign_name, Used_OA, RefNum, 
  to_date(Last_VP, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS'),
  to_date(Send_Start, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS'),
  to_date(Created, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS')
  );
end P_SMSU_CAMPAIGN_INSERT;

DB table:

create table CAMPAIGNS
(
  CAMPAIGN_NAME NVARCHAR2(100) not null,
  USED_OA       CHAR(67),
  REFNUM        NUMBER not null,
  LAST_VP       DATE not null,
  SEND_START    DATE not null,
  CREATED       DATE default sysdate not null
)

DB select proc:

create or replace procedure P_SMSU_BULK_SUMMARY_STATUS
(
    RCT1 OUT    GLOBALPKG.RCT1,
        ReportTimestamp in Timestamp:=null
) is
 
begin
  open rct1 for
  SELECT c.campaign_name, c.used_oa, c.created, c.send_start, c.last_vp
  FROM CAMPAIGNS C
    where (ReportTimestamp between c.created and c.last_vp) or ReportTimestamp is null;
end P_SMSU_BULK_SUMMARY_STATUS;

java fetch:

storedProc = conn.prepareCall("{call SMSC.P_SMSU_BULK_SUMMARY_STATUS(?,?)}");
storedProc.registerOutParameter("RCT1", OracleTypes.CURSOR);
storedProc.setTimestamp("ReportTimestamp", forTime);
storedProc.execute();
ResultSet result = (ResultSet) storedProc.getObject("RCT1");
return ResultSupport.toResult(result);

java display:

Object[][] rows = fetch().getRowsByIndex();
for (int i = 0; i < rows.length; i++)
{
    out.println("<tr>");
    for (int k = 0; k < rows[i].length; k++)
        out.println("<td>" + encodeHTML(rows[i][k].toString()) + "</td>");
    out.println("</tr>");
}

and in the campaign name column I get "¿etvrti test ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿" instead of "četvrti test šđčćž ŠĐČĆŽ" (which I entered). Function encodeHTML gets crap as parameter, so html encoding is not the problem.

Platform ojdbc1.4 + oracle10g. What am I doing wrong?

[JosAH]

and in the campaign name column I get "¿etvrti test ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿" instead of "četvrti test šđčćž ŠĐČĆŽ" (which I entered). Function encodeHTML gets crap as parameter, so html encoding is not the problem.

Platform ojdbc1.4 + oracle10g. What am I doing wrong?

The ASCII characters come through fine. My guess is that the font you're using
can't display the glyphs (shape) of the non-ASCII characters. Try the Arial MS
Unicode font (if you have it installed) for starters.

kind regards,

Jos

[dzenanz]

It is not that. When I check the received string in the debugger, it contains crap characters (code point 191), and they get displayed properly (with inverted question mark)

[dzenanz]

I have rechecked, and crap characters are stored in database, so the insertion part skrews up.

At the statement

storedProc.setString("Campaign_name", campaign);

variable campaign contains correct string (netbeans debugger displays it correctly).

Also, when I access db from Visual Studio (either direct access to table or through insert procedure), everything is fine!

Java part correctly shows unicode characters inserted/modified by program written in Visual Studio! So, I have narrowed the problem to the insertion part:

storedProc = conn.prepareCall("{call SMSC.p_smsu_campaign_insert(?,?,?,?,?,?)}");
storedProc.setString("Campaign_name", campaign);
storedProc.setString("Used_OA", OA);
storedProc.setInt("RefNum", 1);
storedProc.setString("Send_Start", df.format(new java.sql.Date(startSend)));
storedProc.setString("Last_VP", df.format(new java.sql.Date(EndDate.getTime() + validity_period)));
storedProc.setString("Created", df.format(new java.sql.Date(System.currentTimeMillis())));
storedProc.execute();