On 31/03/2015 20:24, Mark Rotteveel [email protected] [firebird-support] wrote: > The problem is mainly that when the connection character set is UTF8, > and the field character set is anything other than NONE or OCTETS, the > server will return the field as UTF8. The length of a field in UTF8 is > 4 * the declared length (which is the maximum number of bytes > required). It is up to the client (isql, or a driver like the ibase > PHP driver, Jaybird, etc), to correctly interpret a field of length 32 > bytes in utf8 to a string of 8 characters; unfortunately not all > clients/drivers do this, so they will act as if it is string of 32 > characters. Mark
So my temporary fudge to trim() the result is actually the best that can be done, and it's a good thing I'm not expecting the presence or absence of trailing spaces in VARCHAR fields to be significant, it looks like. -- Tim Ward ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Visit http://www.firebirdsql.org and click the Documentation item on the main (top) menu. Try FAQ and other links from the left-side menu there. Also search the knowledgebases at http://www.ibphoenix.com/resources/documents/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ------------------------------------ Yahoo Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo Groups is subject to: https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/
