# Text encoding in Vision Table **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81, vision\ **Created:** [November 15, 2022, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-encoding-in-vision-table/66511 "2022-11-15T08:20:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ioannis\_Mamanis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Ioannis\_Mamanis](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ioannis_Mamanis)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-encoding-in-vision-table/66511/1 "2022-11-15T08:20:43Z")
Hi all, i don't know if i am in the correct category but i will give it a shot. I want to show an Oracle's table data in a Vision Table with DB Browse, i may use a query later. The problem is that the table has some columns containing greek text ex. Δ-104. Because of that, the Table in Vision shows some unreadable text instead of Δ. Could someone explain to me what i have to do in order to show the data properly? Oracle's NLS parameters are: NLS\_Lanuage: AMERICAN NLS\_Territory: AMERICA NLS\_Character\_Set: AL32UTF8 Thanks in advance, IM ---
**Author:** ![KathyApplebaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kathyapplebaum/32/7261_2.png) [@KathyApplebaum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KathyApplebaum)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-encoding-in-vision-table/66511/2 "2022-11-15T15:54:22Z")
Can you add a screenshot or a description of what the "unreadable" text looks like? That will help diagnose the issue. But to answer your question, everything in any part of Ignition is either UTF-8 or UTF-16. That said, looks like Greek letters in AL32UTF8 have been a problem for other applications as well. [This](https://community.oracle.com/tech/apps-infra/discussion/3514820/difference-between-al32utf8-and-utf8) may be of help. ---
**Author:** ![Ioannis\_Mamanis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Ioannis\_Mamanis](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ioannis_Mamanis)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-encoding-in-vision-table/66511/3 "2022-11-21T08:51:12Z")
Hi, thank you for your answer and i am sorry for the late reply, i was out of office. ![Screenshot 2022-11-21 103937](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/2/d/2d8e4c0f02a233740d852ab067bfc034a8a5b051.png) ![Screenshot 2022-11-21 103735](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/6/d63756829e4ecc5af7b21f9bf2e9c03b80ec42cc.png) As you can see, Ignition can't show the Π symbol from the database. I thought that the Oracle NLS encoding configuration at the client side will be enough, so i was thinking if i could set the encoding through Connection Initialization Commands for example, if not the db config is a one way solution. ---
**Author:** ![KathyApplebaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kathyapplebaum/32/7261_2.png) [@KathyApplebaum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KathyApplebaum)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-encoding-in-vision-table/66511/4 "2022-11-21T15:59:55Z")
Which version of Oracle are you using? (Note: I'll be out of the office the rest of the week, so if someone else feels like jumping in here...) ---
**Author:** ![Ioannis\_Mamanis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Ioannis\_Mamanis](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ioannis_Mamanis)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-encoding-in-vision-table/66511/5 "2022-11-21T17:25:39Z")
It's Oracle 11gr2. Update: My problem was solved. It was the encoding at Oracle's client side. I changed the client settings and then i updated the problematic data. Thank you for your time!