Sergey Mereutsa wrote:

> Hello Ann,
>
>
> AWH> Why do you say UTF-8 is slow?
>
> Because you can not count string length, for example, without walking
> it all - because each char in UTF8 (if we speak about it native
> representation) can be from 1 to 6 bytes length. If I misunderstood
> your point - sorry.
>
>

String length in bytes is something that a database system should all
track. String length in characters is a different matter, but one that
is rarely, if ever, required inside a database engine.

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Jim Starkey
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