Short File names are to allow apps that can't support long file names (LFN) to access a file. Long filename support includes wchar encoding. If Firebird can't support wchar filenames, then it should NOT convert a short filename to its LFN equivalent (unless there is some other very important reason it needs the LFN).
On 10/4/17 7:15 AM, DougC [email protected] [firebird-support] wrote: > Hamish- > > Windows short path names are decidedly NOT for apps that cannot handle > Unicode. They were introduced far earlier than that and were intended > for programs that could not handle anything but the short 8.3 limits > for any given file or folder name. That they often help with avoiding > unicode is a side effect. > > Sound like your misunderstanding of this may be contributing to your > frustration. > > Doug C. > > > ---- On Tue, 03 Oct 2017 23:25:23 -0400 *Hamish Moffatt > [email protected] [firebird-support] > <[email protected]>* wrote ---- > > On 03/10/17 19:59, Dimitry Sibiryakov [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > [firebird-support] wrote: > > 03.10.2017 2:25, Hamish Moffatt [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> [firebird-support] wrote: > >> Any ideas? > > Give up. Firebird does not support unicode characters in > database name and path. Only ANSI. > > > > > > Thanks for confirming what I figured from the source. But this is > exactly what the Windows short path names are for - if your > application > can't handle Unicode filenames, use the short names. I tried it > and it > fails. Firebird explicitly converts the short path name back to a > long > name it can't use?! > > It seems to mostly work with UTF-8 on linux, or at least I had it > working a couple of years back. > > > Hamish > -- Richard Damon
