Hi Hussian,

Hussain KH wrote:

>I have developed a database of books (Bibliographic db) using MS Access in
>Malayalam (My mother tongue, an Indic language). Since Malaylam is embedded
>in Widows XP (SP2) all MS Office programs are capable of handling Malayalam
>OTF fonts. The Book database in Access is functioning well with Malayalam
>script.
>
>Then I heard about the Firebird, downloaded and installed it successfully.
>Using IBeasy+ I designed a test database with two fields (Author and Title)
>which are Character and Unicode_FSS.
>
>Data entry using English language is OK and records are created. But when
>I'm attempting to enter the data after switching over to Malayalam only
>?????? are entered instead of Malayalam script.
>
>I'm using windows XP with Service Pack2. I have installed Firebird
>1.5.3SuperServer.
>
>Is Firebird Unicode Compliant? What should I do to configure my database in
>order to enter and later process data using Malayalam (or any other Indic
>scripts)?
>
>

Yes, FireBird supports Unicode. Your problem probably comes from the
program you're using to display the data (i.e. IBEasy) rather than from
FireBird itself.

I suppose you're developping an application that displays and
manipulates the information in the database? If so, what environment are
you using. If by any chance you're using Delphi, I would recommend you
have a look at Tnt Unicode controls, which I have had a lot of success
with. I can't give you advice for other enviroments though.

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Jonathan Neve
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