| Subject | Re: [IBO] Re: Character set NONE / Null question |
|---|---|
| Author | Geoff Worboys |
| Post date | 2014-11-26T23:01:04Z |
Hi Joe,
WIN1252, which is very similar to 8859_1, but a bit broader.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Latin_character_sets_%28computing%29
What character set NONE means to Firebird is that it will
not transliterate what it returns to the client. It is up
to the client to detect the character set and do the right
thing with what it reads.
--
Geoff Worboys
Telesis Computing Pty Ltd
> Answering my own question here. I did some testing byIt is common for (English) Windows applications to have used
> dumping some existing data into a text file via ISQL and
> analyzing the bytes. It looks like it's IS) 8859-1.
> I was able to switch my .NET application to use that
> character set, and the problem went away.
WIN1252, which is very similar to 8859_1, but a bit broader.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Latin_character_sets_%28computing%29
What character set NONE means to Firebird is that it will
not transliterate what it returns to the client. It is up
to the client to detect the character set and do the right
thing with what it reads.
--
Geoff Worboys
Telesis Computing Pty Ltd