> > 1. what is the impact of a database created in NONE and being
> connected to
> > by clients which declare ASCII or UTF8?
>
> "Cannot transliterate" error on every select.

this doesn't happen. I've just tested against 2.1.2 and 2.1.3. Why don't I
get this error?

>
> > 2. is there another way (other than re-creation and datapumping) to
> change a
> > database from NONE to UTF8?
>
> No.
>
> SY, SD.
>

thanks
Alan