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Gil
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Posted - 02/28/2003 :  05:37:29  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I have a web application from which I would like to store sub and super script text in a SQLServer 2000 database. I realise I could store the html tags with the data and let the application display the data correctly when it is next selected. This would be fine but I have a third party application which also retireves data from the database which doesn't uderstand the tags. I have achieved similar functionality using Oracle and wondered if it was possible in SQLServer.

thanks for any help

Gil

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Posted - 02/28/2003 :  07:29:59  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
An NCHAR typed column should handle subscript and superscript character data. I'm not sure how you get the data in there though...

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Arnold Fribble
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Posted - 02/28/2003 :  08:08:30  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Surely this is entirely dependent on the third-party application's understanding of what sub- and superscript text consists of?
Unicode doesn't have codepoints for sub- and superscript letters as such, since it doesn't recognize them as distinct characters, but rather as part of some externally determined formatting. It does have a full complement of sub- and superscript digits, but this is (Unicode standard version 3.0 section 12.3) only for compatibility with existing character sets.

These are the codepoints in Unicode 3.2 with <sub> or <super> in them:

00AA;FEMININE ORDINAL INDICATOR;Ll;0;L;<super> 0061;;;;N;;;;;
00B2;SUPERSCRIPT TWO;No;0;EN;<super> 0032;2;2;2;N;SUPERSCRIPT DIGIT TWO;;;;
00B3;SUPERSCRIPT THREE;No;0;EN;<super> 0033;3;3;3;N;SUPERSCRIPT DIGIT THREE;;;;
00B9;SUPERSCRIPT ONE;No;0;EN;<super> 0031;1;1;1;N;SUPERSCRIPT DIGIT ONE;;;;
00BA;MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR;Ll;0;L;<super> 006F;;;;N;;;;;
02B0;MODIFIER LETTER SMALL H;Lm;0;L;<super> 0068;;;;N;;;;;
02B1;MODIFIER LETTER SMALL H WITH HOOK;Lm;0;L;<super> 0266;;;;N;MODIFIER LETTER SMALL H HOOK;;;;
02B2;MODIFIER LETTER SMALL J;Lm;0;L;<super> 006A;;;;N;;;;;
02B3;MODIFIER LETTER SMALL R;Lm;0;L;<super> 0072;;;;N;;;;;
02B4;MODIFIER LETTER SMALL TURNED R;Lm;0;L;<super> 0279;;;;N;;;;;
02B5;MODIFIER LETTER SMALL TURNED R WITH HOOK;Lm;0;L;<super> 027B;;;;N;MODIFIER LETTER SMALL TURNED R HOOK;;;;
02B6;MODIFIER LETTER SMALL CAPITAL INVERTED R;Lm;0;L;<super> 0281;;;;N;;;;;
02B7;MODIFIER LETTER SMALL W;Lm;0;L;<super> 0077;;;;N;;;;;
02B8;MODIFIER LETTER SMALL Y;Lm;0;L;<super> 0079;;;;N;;;;;
02E0;MODIFIER LETTER SMALL GAMMA;Lm;0;L;<super> 0263;;;;N;;;;;
02E1;MODIFIER LETTER SMALL L;Lm;0;L;<super> 006C;;;;N;;;;;
02E2;MODIFIER LETTER SMALL S;Lm;0;L;<super> 0073;;;;N;;;;;
02E3;MODIFIER LETTER SMALL X;Lm;0;L;<super> 0078;;;;N;;;;;
02E4;MODIFIER LETTER SMALL REVERSED GLOTTAL STOP;Lm;0;L;<super> 0295;;;;N;;;;;
2070;SUPERSCRIPT ZERO;No;0;EN;<super> 0030;0;0;0;N;SUPERSCRIPT DIGIT ZERO;;;;
2071;SUPERSCRIPT LATIN SMALL LETTER I;Ll;0;L;<super> 0069;;;;N;;;;;
2074;SUPERSCRIPT FOUR;No;0;EN;<super> 0034;4;4;4;N;SUPERSCRIPT DIGIT FOUR;;;;
2075;SUPERSCRIPT FIVE;No;0;EN;<super> 0035;5;5;5;N;SUPERSCRIPT DIGIT FIVE;;;;
2076;SUPERSCRIPT SIX;No;0;EN;<super> 0036;6;6;6;N;SUPERSCRIPT DIGIT SIX;;;;
2077;SUPERSCRIPT SEVEN;No;0;EN;<super> 0037;7;7;7;N;SUPERSCRIPT DIGIT SEVEN;;;;
2078;SUPERSCRIPT EIGHT;No;0;EN;<super> 0038;8;8;8;N;SUPERSCRIPT DIGIT EIGHT;;;;
2079;SUPERSCRIPT NINE;No;0;EN;<super> 0039;9;9;9;N;SUPERSCRIPT DIGIT NINE;;;;
207A;SUPERSCRIPT PLUS SIGN;Sm;0;ET;<super> 002B;;;;N;;;;;
207B;SUPERSCRIPT MINUS;Sm;0;ET;<super> 2212;;;;N;SUPERSCRIPT HYPHEN-MINUS;;;;
207C;SUPERSCRIPT EQUALS SIGN;Sm;0;ON;<super> 003D;;;;N;;;;;
207D;SUPERSCRIPT LEFT PARENTHESIS;Ps;0;ON;<super> 0028;;;;Y;SUPERSCRIPT OPENING PARENTHESIS;;;;
207E;SUPERSCRIPT RIGHT PARENTHESIS;Pe;0;ON;<super> 0029;;;;Y;SUPERSCRIPT CLOSING PARENTHESIS;;;;
207F;SUPERSCRIPT LATIN SMALL LETTER N;Ll;0;L;<super> 006E;;;;N;;;;;
2080;SUBSCRIPT ZERO;No;0;EN;<sub> 0030;0;0;0;N;SUBSCRIPT DIGIT ZERO;;;;
2081;SUBSCRIPT ONE;No;0;EN;<sub> 0031;1;1;1;N;SUBSCRIPT DIGIT ONE;;;;
2082;SUBSCRIPT TWO;No;0;EN;<sub> 0032;2;2;2;N;SUBSCRIPT DIGIT TWO;;;;
2083;SUBSCRIPT THREE;No;0;EN;<sub> 0033;3;3;3;N;SUBSCRIPT DIGIT THREE;;;;
2084;SUBSCRIPT FOUR;No;0;EN;<sub> 0034;4;4;4;N;SUBSCRIPT DIGIT FOUR;;;;
2085;SUBSCRIPT FIVE;No;0;EN;<sub> 0035;5;5;5;N;SUBSCRIPT DIGIT FIVE;;;;
2086;SUBSCRIPT SIX;No;0;EN;<sub> 0036;6;6;6;N;SUBSCRIPT DIGIT SIX;;;;
2087;SUBSCRIPT SEVEN;No;0;EN;<sub> 0037;7;7;7;N;SUBSCRIPT DIGIT SEVEN;;;;
2088;SUBSCRIPT EIGHT;No;0;EN;<sub> 0038;8;8;8;N;SUBSCRIPT DIGIT EIGHT;;;;
2089;SUBSCRIPT NINE;No;0;EN;<sub> 0039;9;9;9;N;SUBSCRIPT DIGIT NINE;;;;
208A;SUBSCRIPT PLUS SIGN;Sm;0;ET;<sub> 002B;;;;N;;;;;
208B;SUBSCRIPT MINUS;Sm;0;ET;<sub> 2212;;;;N;SUBSCRIPT HYPHEN-MINUS;;;;
208C;SUBSCRIPT EQUALS SIGN;Sm;0;ON;<sub> 003D;;;;N;;;;;
208D;SUBSCRIPT LEFT PARENTHESIS;Ps;0;ON;<sub> 0028;;;;Y;SUBSCRIPT OPENING PARENTHESIS;;;;
208E;SUBSCRIPT RIGHT PARENTHESIS;Pe;0;ON;<sub> 0029;;;;Y;SUBSCRIPT CLOSING PARENTHESIS;;;;
2120;SERVICE MARK;So;0;ON;<super> 0053 004D;;;;N;;;;;
2122;TRADE MARK SIGN;So;0;ON;<super> 0054 004D;;;;N;TRADEMARK;;;;

 


Edited by - Arnold Fribble on 02/28/2003 08:11:23

Edited by - Arnold Fribble on 02/28/2003 08:26:50
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