Re: Unusual characters in the db ...
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texte = >>Are you sure WebCat can handle/search/sort unicode?I have no problems with it, but I haven't experimented with unusual characters. Maybe SM can answer that. I think it has more to do with the OS than with WC, though.http://www.unicode.org/unicode/faq/basic_q.html#7Q: What was wrong with using classical character sets for databases?A: Classical character sets only handle a few languages at a time. Mixing languages was very difficult or impossible. In today's markets, mixing data from many sources all around the world, that strategy for products fails badly. The code for a simple letter like A will vary wildly between different sets, making searching, sorting, and other operations very difficult. There is also the problem of tagging every piece of textual data with a character set, and corruption problems when mixing text from different character sets. [MD]Q: What is different about Unicode?A: Unicode provides a unique encoding for every character. Once your data is in Unicode, it can be all handled the same way--sorted, searched, and manipulated without fear of data corruption. [MD]-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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>>Are you sure WebCat can handle/search/sort unicode?I have no problems with it, but I haven't experimented with unusual characters. Maybe SM can answer that. I think it has more to do with the OS than with WC, though.http://www.unicode.org/unicode/faq/basic_q.html#7Q: What was wrong with using classical character sets for databases?A: Classical character sets only handle a few languages at a time. Mixing languages was very difficult or impossible. In today's markets, mixing data from many sources all around the world, that strategy for products fails badly. The code for a simple letter like A will vary wildly between different sets, making searching, sorting, and other operations very difficult. There is also the problem of tagging every piece of textual data with a character set, and corruption problems when mixing text from different character sets. [MD]Q: What is different about Unicode?A: Unicode provides a unique encoding for every character. Once your data is in Unicode, it can be all handled the same way--sorted, searched, and manipulated without fear of data corruption. [MD]-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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