I believe varchar(50) means 50 characters, not 50 bytes. So, usually I don't care when designing table schema at all, for Japanese characters.
On 7/3/07, Cathy Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am limiting text to 50 chars in mysql field by varchar(50) ( UTF-8 enabled) but what if the user enters 50 japanese chars, does mysql accomodate it OR we have to consider some buffer during design ? -- Cathy www.nachofoto.com
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