--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@t...>
wrote:

> At 11:41 AM 2/05/2004 +0000, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >Is there a big difference between ASCII and ISO8859_1 character

set?

> >
> >My default is set to ISO8859_1, but I've one ASCII column and I'm

now

> >wondering if I might not just set this ASCII column to ISO8859_1
> >
> >If I understand it correctly, if I keep using the ASCII table then

I

> >need to use CAST or the introducer form
>
> Yes, they are quite different. The ISO character sets use ANSI
> encoding. But as well as different encoding, they support

different

> characters, as well. US ASCII doesn't support accented characters,

for

> example.

Am I does correct to assume that the ASCII set is a subset in the
ISO8859_1 set and would be able to change the ASCII Column to
ISO8859_1 without a problem?

Or is it better to change the procedures and sql statements to use
CAST for the ASCII column?

Thanks

>
> /heLen