Re: what characterset to use?

From: Martin T. <0xCDCDCDCD_at_gmx.at>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:28:24 +0200
Message-ID: <46d663f2$0$1341$834e42db@reader.greatnowhere.com>

sybrandb_at_hccnet.nl wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:05:46 +0200, "Martin T." <0xCDCDCDCD_at_gmx.at>
> wrote:
>

>> Laurenz Albe wrote:
>>> sybrandb_at_hccnet.nl wrote:
>>>>> (...)
>>> You got me wrong.
>>>
>>> Of course it is not Oracle's bug if I set my NLS_LANG wrong.
>>>
>>> But it is Oracle's bug (in my opinion) if I have set the client
>>> character set to US7ASCII, insert a byte > 127 in a text field, and
>>> neither get an error nor (as Oracle seems to prefer) have the byte
>>> clandestinely converted to a question mark.
>>>
>>> I claim that the missing check for incorrect characters is a bug.
>>>
>> Amen. But still Oracle will probably tell you that it's a Feature, not a 
>> Bug.

>
> It is not a bug. Laurenz Albe is, as usual, having everything wrong,
> clueless as he is on characterset issues.
> In this situation you will never notice anything when your database
> characterset is US7ASCII and your client characterset is US7ASCII.
> If the client O/S displays the character correctly everything will
> work.
> I am speaking from experience, been there, done that. Laurenz Albe
> just doesn't know what he is talking about (refer to his recent advise
> to set the database characterset to the characterset of the client,
> which is utterly stupid).
>

Would you be so kind as to quote Laurenz's exact wording where he actually does recommend that? Because I sure cannot remember having read anything here that would state such a thing.

br,
Martin Received on Thu Aug 30 2007 - 01:28:24 CDT