--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Josef Gschwendtner

> does Firebird support unicode?
> If yes, what has to be done to store information in unicode?

Set database default character set and connection
character set to UNICODE_FSS (this is UTF-8 by another name,
newest version recognizes "UTF-8").

Known Issues:
- Use of non BMP characters is problematic.
- No locale specific sorting
- Uppercasing works only for ASCII
- Field length limits not correctly enforced

Regards,
Peter Jacobi