Dmitry Yemanov wrote:

>>Yes, one the client side. In the scheme under discussion, all character
>>data is transfered as utf-8.
>>
>>
>
>And this is what I don't like. Doesn't it require the INTL stuff be
>installed on the client side? With Vulcan, we don't have a single DLL client
>any more. With the proposal being discussed, we must have the INTL
>configuration files and libraries on the client side too. This is starting
>to remind me Oracle.
>
>
>

Yes, it does require that a client have the character set handling code
for this chosen character set on his machine, which is the case for
virtually every piece of internation software. I don't particularly see
this as burdensome, particularly when the server and client kits are one
and the same. What is your concern?

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