> 1. A discussion of storage "best practices" or "recommendations" as it > pertains to multi-lingual content would great. I've read numerous articles > suggesting that a database might not be the best solution. They tend to > recommend XML files instead. But to what extent? All my content? This might > lead to an article on using MX's built-in XML tags and functions.
just to flap my gums some more: many many java apps use resource bundles (neither fish nor fowl) rather than db or XML. i prefer resource bundles in small content situations (headers, footers, forms, report titling,etc.) & db for everything else. and unicode everywhere. > 2. Proper use of the SetEncoding() and LS..() functions would be great too, > as I've seen situations where the developers weren't really sure what > setting to use and when. I.e., how do I know which character set to use in > each scenario? i would agree with this except i think unicode is the only way to approach this--it should be encouraged with a loaded pistol if neccessary. for latin-1 folks you don't get any more overhead, for the rest of the world it simplifies things to the "no-brainer" point. an article pointing this out would be nice. > headaches with i18n. For example, some have noted that Sun's 1.4.1 JVM > breaks certain locales, but 1.4.0 is fine. That sort of summarized which locales might these be? i don't see this (or i'm missing this) & i don't recall seeing anything on sun's bug parade except for brazilian currency formats. but yes a good idea, maybe add jrocket's i18n funcationality? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
