Hmmmm,

Thanks for the responses on charset selection. I thought I was
asking a simple question, but with the many different charsets
available, I just wanted to pick the best universal charset. I
guess I am sticking with NONE for my current apps and perhaps will
use WIN1252 if my application that will have users outside the US.


-Lou

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Paul Schmidt
<wogsterca@y...> wrote:

> On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 13:27, Lou wrote:
> > Help!
> >
> > I need to standardize on one charset when using Firebird/IB. I

used

> > to use NONE, but I am thinking I need to pick something that I

can at

> > least user anywhere in the western hemisphere. So, should I

stick

> > with ASCII or perhaps be daring and choose Win1250 or Win1251 or
> > Win1252? My apps for the most part run in the US only.
>
>
> Applications for North America, should really support the three

North

> American official languages, English, French and Spanish. The

Western

> hemisphere adds Portuguese to the mix.
>
> I'll leave it for one of our Brazilian friends to tell us if there

are

> extra characters to support Portuguese that are not supported

already by

> English, French and Spanish.
>
> Paul