Re: input and help on Japanese database

From: Daniel A. Morgan <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 20:12:58 -0700
Message-ID: <3AEB86BA.F9C811D3@exesolutions.com>

annonymous wrote:

> I will be putting together an Oracle database for the Japanese
> language. Other than character set of UTF-8 and NLS parameters
> what consideratons are there?
>
> What sort of space requirements are caused by a multibyte character
> set like UTF-8 compared to single byte.
>
> Any input would be great.
>

You don't need to use UTF8 though you can. Forget using any fields that are CHAR() as you likely have no ability to determine the length of a string. Do not assume that the ORDER BY parameter works as it does in English ... it won't. Find someone that is absolutely fluent in the language to work with you if you are not. And depending on your front-end you may have problems with bringing in text in the form of CLOBs.

Daniel A. Morgan Received on Sat Apr 28 2001 - 22:12:58 CDT