Update documentation for querying corrupt data.

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Anthony Tuininga 2022-09-28 17:21:32 -06:00
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@ -744,15 +744,10 @@ Querying Corrupt Data
If queries fail with the error "codec can't decode byte" when you select data,
then:
* Check your :ref:`character set <globalization>` is correct. Review the
* Check if your :ref:`character set <globalization>` is correct. Review the
:ref:`database character sets <findingcharset>`. Check with
:ref:`fetching-raw-data`. Consider using UTF-8, if this is appropriate:
.. code-block:: python
connection = oracledb.connect(user="hr", password=userpwd,
dsn="dbhost.example.com/orclpdb",
encoding="UTF-8", nencoding="UTF-8")
:ref:`fetching-raw-data`. Note that the encoding used for all character
data in python-oracledb is "UTF-8".
* Check for corrupt data in the database.