> By default, all "standard" functions work in characters, not bytes.
>
> With NLS enabled, you have three possibilities; characters, bytes (only for length) and display positions (for example Chinese has some double-width characters; these need two display positions even though there is only one character). The query engine uses the display position functions rather than the character functions.
>
> Examples ("standard" (character), then bytes, then display positions):
>
> LEN BYTELEN LENDP
> LENS n/a LENSDP
> FMT n/a FMTDP
Encyclopedic as usual Ray :)
As a supplementary question, am I right in thinking that NLS strings in basic will always be UTF8 encoded?
thanks,
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