On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 12:13:36 -0000, icwicks <icwicks@...> wrote:

>
> Hello.
> I understand a product I use called GoldMine is about to go through
> a change and will be hosted on a Firebird database.
> I have a client who wants to use GoldMine in Japan.
> 2 questions;
>
> 1. Will firebird support the Japanese character sets?

Firebird supports UNICODE, which would be the ideal solution.
But whether you can use this will depend on the client application,
GoldMine in your case.

There's a list of supported character sets at
http://www.destructor.de/firebird/charsets.htm
and
http://firebird.sourceforge.net/index.php?op=doc&id=fb_1_5_charsets&nosb=1

From what I can see, SJIS_0208 and EUCJ_0208 are supported...
iso-2022-jp seems to be missing, though.

> 2. What version of Firebird is now being used?

The latest stable version is Firebird 1.5, you can download it from

http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=files&id=engine
or
http://sf.net/projects/firebird

I'd still contact the GoldMine support and ask them the same questions...
Maybe the application itself can't handle Japanese text or supports
only a certain firebird version.

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