I've posted before about the US mil site that emphatically stated they
will only use USASCII, only to start servicing NATO things... and I've
seen a couple of other similar things. In the V7 days, it could be a
major problem if it happened, and it didn't happen much because some
people got burned by it and learned, and others just would use the
correct set from the get-go. I personally saw it about every other
year, but have no idea if that is representative. Nowadays it is much
less of a big deal, but we still see posts here every few months about
exp/imp being "overly helpful" with characterset conversions, and
people not realizing some tools can still silently insert eight-bit
characters into seven-bit databases. I think if you google this group
for NLS you will see some examples.
jg
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Received on Wed Mar 22 2006 - 16:21:43 CST
