--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Ann W. Harrison"
<aharrison@...> wrote:

>
> Steve Miller wrote:
> > How many bytes does each character need in the new UTF8 character set?
> > I thought I saw somewhere that it takes 32 bits, but that doesn't seem
> > right.
> >
>
> It's not. UTF-8 is a variable length character set.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8

Ah, yes. Thanks for the reminder. Now that I'm awake...

Steve