Are all of your fields using the UTF8 character set? I think that's necessary.
We use UTF8 and have stored Chinese characters successfully using UTF8 with a PHP web application. (At least, they look right to me - I don't know Chinese at all.) Regards, Jerry Schwartz Global Information Incorporated 195 Farmington Ave. Farmington, CT 06032 860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341 > -----Original Message----- > From: YL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 10:19 AM > To: mysql@lists.mysql.com > Subject: multilanguage web application with mysql database? > > I have many tables like the table Person:below, in mysql database. > > person_id, first_name,last_name, mi, gb_first_name, > gb_last_name, b5_first_name, b5_last_name, gender, dob > > where different columns storing strings in different > encodings. At anytime, a web user can switch the language and > the application will get the values in the right columns to > generate web pages. The purpose of Multi-language tables is > to make multilanguage dynamic content management easier for > web applications. For example, to add a person record, the > user enter the English name, then switch the session language > to gb2312, enter the Chinese name in gb2312, and then switch > the session language to big5, enter the name in big5. And > then commit the data into the database. The whole thing > sounds complicated but can be treated as a pattern and let a > framework to take care of those and the code can be as clean > as a single language app. I actually have the framework that > works well for me with mysql database. > > I didn't do anything about language encoding in mysql > database, it just worked for me. At least with english, > gb2312 and big5 altogether in a table like table Person > above. I noticed that (english, gb2312, big5, Jp) cannot work > together (where jp is any kind of japaness language > encoding). My approach seems fine with most western languages > > So after all such experimental work, I still don't know how > to make a real multi language web app such that the languages > are switchable within the same session. > > Any suggestions? Any web application known to be able to > solve the problem? Thanks > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
