On 03/22/2016 04:54 PM, Jim Starkey wrote: > On 3/22/2016 8:33 AM, Dimitry Sibiryakov wrote: >> Hello, All. >> >> Because there is nothing like isc_spb_lc_ctype, must be established a >> rule for >> determining of encoding of all strings passed into services and back. I >> suggest to use >> following: >> If isc_spb_utf8_filename is included in SPB, all strings are supposed >> to be in UTF8. >> Otherwise they are in ANSI code page on Windows and current locale on >> *nix. >> >> Do you agree? >> > I don't agree. It would be better all around if everything passing over > the wire is passed as utf-8.
Certainly - but we must support old clients. > The server should get out of the business > of handling local character sets. The Unicode Foundation supplies > conversion tables from just about every character set on earth to > Unicode, and translation of Unicode to utf-8 is simple and mechanical. > > I suggest that all character code translation be handled on the client > side as part of the client library. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Transform Data into Opportunity. > Accelerate data analysis in your applications with > Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. > Click to learn more. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785351&iu=/4140 > Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transform Data into Opportunity. Accelerate data analysis in your applications with Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. Click to learn more. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785351&iu=/4140 Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
