Unicode, Set up for MC 2.4.3 on Mac OS9.1?

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

on 4/7/03 12:33 PM, erne at ernestogiannotta at tiscalinet.it wrote:

>> But I wonder, what you say about this way:
>> 
>> -- We simply add 2 more languages for String and Text fields.
>>         "UTF-8" and "UTF-16"
>> 
>> -- at least for 1.x version.
>> 
>> -- for UTF16, if you say VarChar[504] then
>>         GetMaxStringLength() will return 257 chars.
>> 
> 
> what GetMaxStringLength() will return for UTF8?

:-) good question.

Well, I think it is correct to return 504,
Because this is MAXIMUM possible number.
But we can have less chars also.

>> Seems as logical and all under control.
> 
> yep! UTF16 seems the best pick for fixed length database fields
> it may take double space on most cases but at least
> you always know what to expect

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Best regards,
Ruslan Zasukhin      [ I feel the need...the need for speed ]
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