Re: WE8ISO8859P1 convert to AL32UTF8 unicode character set question

From: lsllcm <lsllcm_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:25:39 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <0356b8a7-8371-40a5-80e4-5b884957de9e_at_s1g2000prd.googlegroups.com>



On Apr 15, 2:01 am, Frank van Bortel <frank.van.bor..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> lsllcmwrote:
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> [snip]
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> > 1. create one db with characterset WE8MSWIN1252, and insert data, and
> > convert it.
> > 2. create one db with characterset WE8ISO8859P1, and insert data, and
> > alter database characterset to WE8MSWIN1252. Then convert it.
>
> > Thanks
> > Jacky
>
> No need for that - a database stores whatever you throw at it.
> I can store "special" characters in a US7ASCII database.
> And retrieve them.
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> Provided the tool set cat actually display your "special"
> characters...
> --
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> Regards,
> Frank van Bortel

The AL32UTF8 is used to support multiple languages. It is multiple bytes character set.

Thanks Received on Wed Apr 15 2009 - 08:25:39 CDT

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