Re: Oracle 11 Server and Unicode UTF-8
From: Walt <walt_askier_at_SHOESyahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:10:46 -0400
Message-ID: <WvuNn.322455$Up1.4089_at_en-nntp-08.dc1.easynews.com>
Frank van Bortel wrote:
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:10:46 -0400
Message-ID: <WvuNn.322455$Up1.4089_at_en-nntp-08.dc1.easynews.com>
Frank van Bortel wrote:
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> Why would you switch to Unicode? Why not to WE8MSWIN1252? anything MS
> Windows can throw at you is supported.
Good question. WE8MSWIN1252 seems to solve most of our immediate problems, and we have plans to support multiple languages so UTF-8 may be overkill. In favor of UTF-8 is that there is some appeal in solving the problem "permanently", and of course there's the grumbling from the usual suspects about adopting a M$ standard. (c:
This seems a viable solution, and we'll explore it further. Thanks.
//Walt Received on Wed Jun 02 2010 - 10:10:46 CDT