Isn't there a UTF-8 option etc, though by default as long as your datatypes are ntext etc, you will be fine.
"This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Oriel House, 26 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DL, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com -----Original Message----- From: Victor Moore To: CF-Talk Sent: Sat Aug 26 15:37:10 2006 Subject: Re: database collate for site that has to support multiple languages Hi Paul, Sorry, I should have mentioned that the db is MS-SQL Server 2005. I thought about Unicode but there is no entry in the drop down with that name. There are probably one hundred entries so I wasn't sure which one to select for my case where in the same db I can have multiple languages at the same time. Thank you Victor On 8/25/06, Paul Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Victor Moore wrote: > > What is the best collate for a site database that has to support > multiple > > languages simultaneously, including double byte: Chinese, Korean, > Japanese. > > i imagine that depends on the db, but if you're storing what you refer to > as > "double byte" data in the same table, then of course unicode. again > depending on > your db, you might be able to "cast" your unicode collation to another > (say for > sql server): > > select * > from unicodeTest > order by unitext COLLATE Chinese_PRC_Stroke_CS_AS_KS_WS > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:251137 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
