Re: what characterset to use?

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 13:11:47 +0200, Frank van Bortel <frank.van.bortel_at_gmail.com> wrote:

>So, you are an advocate of keeping the characterset of the client
>the same as for the database?!?
>Because you do: you say the Database should adhere the OS characterset.
>As far as any utility, running on the server is concerned, those
>utilities are *clients* to the server.
>Utter nonsense to jump on Laurenz like that, Sybrand, when you claim
>the very same.

Reading seems to be quite difficult for several people nowadays. In my situation I *don't* have clients running on the server. They are all running on Winblows.

So: set the characterset of the database to the characterset of the O/S: WE8ISO8859P15 on *Nix and MSWIN1252 on Winblows. Set the characterset of the client (a *different* system) to the characterset of the client O/S, usually MSWIN1252. Actually this is the situation when you use the installation defaults on *Nix and on Winblows.
Why people set their charactersets to US7ASCII beats me.

Why you jump on me and accuse me of something I never stated, beats me too.

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Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA