Re: Unusual characters in the db ...

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
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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#7 Q: 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Unusual characters in the db ... (Christer Olsson 2002)
  2. Re: Unusual characters in the db ... (Glenn Busbin 2002)
  3. Re: Unusual characters in the db ... (Kenneth Grome 2002)
  4. Re: Unusual characters in the db ... (Glenn Busbin 2002)
  5. Re: Unusual characters in the db ... (Glenn Busbin 2002)
  6. Re: Unusual characters in the db ... (Glenn Busbin 2002)
  7. Re: Unusual characters in the db ... (Kenneth Grome 2002)
  8. Re: Unusual characters in the db ... (Christer Olsson 2002)
  9. Re: Unusual characters in the db ... (Christer Olsson 2002)
  10. Re: Unusual characters in the db ... (Glenn Busbin 2002)
  11. Re: Unusual characters in the db ... (Kenneth Grome 2002)
  12. Re: Unusual characters in the db ... (Glenn Busbin 2002)
  13. Re: Unusual characters in the db ... (Kenneth Grome 2002)
  14. Re: Unusual characters in the db ... (Kenneth Grome 2002)
  15. Re: Unusual characters in the db ... (Christer Olsson 2002)
  16. Unusual characters in the db ... (Kenneth Grome 2002)
> >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#7 Q: 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/ Glenn Busbin

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