Re: [SQL] a catch all type ... such a thing?

2005-09-10 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Marc G. Fournier wrote: Are there any data types that can hold pretty much any type of character? UTF-16 isn't supported (or its missing from teh docs), and UTF-8 doesn't appear to have a big enough range ... UTF-8 has exactly the same range as UTF-16. In any case, the UTF-8 encoding in

Re: [SQL] a catch all type ... such a thing?

2005-09-10 Thread Trent Shipley
On Saturday 2005-09-10 11:43, Peter Eisentraut wrote: Marc G. Fournier wrote: Are there any data types that can hold pretty much any type of character? UTF-16 isn't supported (or its missing from teh docs), and UTF-8 doesn't appear to have a big enough range ... UTF-8 has exactly the same

Re: [SQL] a catch all type ... such a thing?

2005-09-09 Thread Eugene E.
Marc G. Fournier wrote: Are there any data types that can hold pretty much any type of character? UTF-16 isn't supported (or its missing from teh docs), and UTF-8 doesn't appear to have a big enough range ... PLEASE Note: type of caracter is generally not a matter of _datatype_

Re: [SQL] a catch all type ... such a thing?

2005-09-09 Thread Michael Glaesemann
On Sep 9, 2005, at 3:09 PM, Eugene E. wrote: Marc G. Fournier wrote: Are there any data types that can hold pretty much any type of character? UTF-16 isn't supported (or its missing from teh docs), and UTF-8 doesn't appear to have a big enough range ... PLEASE Note: type of caracter

[SQL] a catch all type ... such a thing?

2005-09-08 Thread Marc G. Fournier
Are there any data types that can hold pretty much any type of character? UTF-16 isn't supported (or its missing from teh docs), and UTF-8 doesn't appear to have a big enough range ... Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]