yeah cool. thanks heaps for the info adam. here's my real question: if i'm storing standard utf-8 at 8 bytes per char, is varchar2(2000) in the 'char sematics' larger that varchar2(2000) in bytes? (since 8 * 2000 is like, way bigger than 2000 bytes...)
or am i just confused, way off base and a little bit tooo drunk to be asking questions like this? G On 12/6/06, Adam Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > A byte is a standard length - almost always eight bits - which can > store 256 possible values. I suspect that's the part you already knew > ;-) > > A character is often one byte in size (ASCII, for example... well: > strictly speaking that's only seven bits, but you get my drift); but > depending on the encoding scheme in use, could be two, three or more > bytes long. In Unicode's UTF naming standard, the number at the end > (UTF-8, UTF-16, etc) denotes how many BITS each character uses. > > Make sense? > > -- > Adam > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
