Hi Fiona Using a non-UTF8 database is likely to cause issues with certain characters.
For example, if you ingest an object with a DC datastream (as inline XML) with a dc:title or dc:description containing certain characters you are likely to see problems. You should be able to test this with characters such as ê (e with circumflex), or Greek (eg Θ - capital Theta) and Cyrillic (eg Ж - capital Zhe) characters. This only applies to values that are stored in the SQL database, which is mostly object and datastream properties, labels and descriptions, and the DC datastream. Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: Fiona Shaw [mailto:fiona.s...@feenyx.com.au] > Sent: 25 February 2011 01:40 > To: Fedora-commons-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [fcrepo-user] Installing Fedora using an existing > Oracle databasethat is not UTF-8 > > > hi all > > We are integrating our existing collection management system > MAVIS with > Fedora. The existing system uses Oracle RBMS but our > databases are not > UTF-8. The installation documentation indicates that this is a > requirement. We have gone ahead with the installation using > the non-UTF8 > database as a test, and it all seems fine. We anticipate a mix of > Managed Content and External Content. > > Is the requirement for a UTF-8 database absolutely neccessary? Would > someone be able to explain why this is? We would rather not install > another Oracle instance if we can avoid it. > > > thanks very much > Fiona > > MAVIS Project > Technical Director > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > Free Software Download: Index, Search & Analyze Logs and > other IT data in > Real-Time with Splunk. Collect, index and harness all the > fast moving IT data > generated by your applications, servers and devices whether > physical, virtual > or in the cloud. Deliver compliance at lower cost and gain > new business > insights. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Fedora-commons-users mailing list > Fedora-commons-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fedora-commons-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Software Download: Index, Search & Analyze Logs and other IT data in Real-Time with Splunk. Collect, index and harness all the fast moving IT data generated by your applications, servers and devices whether physical, virtual or in the cloud. Deliver compliance at lower cost and gain new business insights. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Fedora-commons-users mailing list Fedora-commons-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fedora-commons-users
