On 25 Nov 2002, kuku_at_accms33.physik.rwth-aachen.de wrote:
> Galen Boyer <galenboyer_at_hotpop.com> wrote:
>> The advantage is that you can store Asian characters and other
>> such multi-byte character languages in the same database
>> columns as the ascii ones.
>
> So it doesn't affect the client side? Assumed you have 8 bit or
> 7 bit ASCCI stored in VARCHARS or something and insert the data
> through a client it wouldn't matter whether the database is
> setup with UTF-8. Fine.
Well, not completely that simple. You should read a bit on
international support by Oracle.
--
Galen Boyer
Received on Mon Nov 25 2002 - 14:15:15 CST
