Peter,

im still using 8859-1 but am getting some conversion error,
maybe unrelated to FB.

What do you mean by "Word's smart quites?

Uwe

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "peter_jacobi.rm"
<peter_jacobi@g...> wrote:

> Hi Uwe,
>
> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Uwe Grauer
> <mailinglists@o...> wrote:
> > Which FB code page is the best to use for German character sets?
>
>
> This depends on your definition of "best".
>
> For most cases ISO-8859-1 collate DE_DE is the best fit.
>
> But if you are on Windows and your data is contaminated with Word's
> smart quites, which are outside of ISO-8859-1, you may be tempted to
> used CP1252
>
>
> Regards,
> Peter Jacobi