Message-Id: <10693.122953@fatcity.com> From: "Andrey Bronfin" Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 17:46:13 +0200 Subject: National characters This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C05899.EF415250 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Gurus ! It appears that i need to design , build and support a database that = will support DATA in different languages with different character sets ( = including such "exotic" languages as Chinese , Hindi , Arabic , Russian = , Hungarian and all the European languages ) . The texts in those languages should be stored in Varchar and LOB columns = . I need to support all those various character sets in ONE DB . I don't = need to manipulate it , just to be able to retrieve the text as it was = stored ( typed in ) . I have no experience with DB character sets other than English , = therefore i'd like to ask those of U who has such experience to help me = . Please tell me whether this can be done and how . Where can i read about it ( docs , URLs , etc ... ) ? What should i be aware of ? Are there any limitations ? Thanks a lot in advance . Andrey Bronfin ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C05899.EF415250 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Dear Gurus !
 
It appears that i need to design , = build and=20 support a database that will support DATA in different languages with = different=20 character sets ( including such "exotic" languages as Chinese , Hindi , = Arabic ,=20 Russian , Hungarian and all the European languages ) .
The texts in those languages should be = stored in=20 Varchar and LOB columns .
I need to support all those = various character=20 sets in ONE DB . I don't need to manipulate it , just to be able to = retrieve the text as it was stored ( typed in ) .
 
I have no experience with DB character = sets other=20 than English , therefore i'd like to ask those of U who has such = experience to=20 help me .
Please tell me whether this can be done = and how=20 .
Where can i read about it ( docs , URLs = , etc ...=20 )  ?
What should i be aware of = ?
Are there any limitations = ?
 
Thanks a lot in advance .

Andrey Bronfin