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soldier_rong
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Connecting to Oracle database with garbled code

Hi Guys,

I connect to Oracle to query out the data appears garbled? How do I know what the data encoding is after I import my power BI data source? My database is coded as WE8ISO8859P1.

 

I also tried the following code, but it didn't work, still garbled.

= Table.AddColumn(source, "Customer colunm", each Text.FromBinary(Text.ToBinary([COMPANY_NAME], TextEncoding.Utf16), TextEncoding.Ascii))

 

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Thanks advance.

 

BR,

Soldier Rong

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soldier_rong
Helper II
Helper II

Hi @v-yanjiang-msft ,

 

Hope you are well.

 

I found the the oracle server code as the below: American_America.WE8ISO8859P1.

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So, I changed the key in my PC. However, the field still garbled

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v-yanjiang-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @soldier_rong ,

I noticed that you have another same thread and the engineer has gave a solution. Does it work for you? If not, please see if this document can help: 

Characters are garbled with Oracle database - Enterprise Information Management - Support Wiki (sap....

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ kalyj

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