Is there any build-in inverse-function of HTF.ESCAPE_SC in Oracle SQL?
I found the function: DBMS_XMLGEN.CONVERTI does encoding and decoding.
SELECT DBMS_XMLGEN.CONVERT('Please encode <this> tag', 1) FROM dual;Please encode <this> tagSELECT DBMS_XMLGEN.CONVERT('Please decode <this> tag', 0) FROM dual;Please decode <this> tag
I don't think there's a built in that does that. You could write a small function to prevent an unreadable stack of calls to replace().
create or replace function unescape_sc(p_str in varchar2)return varchar2is l_str varchar2(2000) := p_str; -- adjust size as requiredbegin l_str := replace(l_str, '&', '&'); l_str := replace(l_str, '>', '>'); l_str := replace(l_str, '<', '<'); l_str := replace(l_str, '"', '"'); return l_str;end unescape_sc;select unescape_sc('<parameter name="port">48677</parameter>')from dual;