Hi.

On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 10:50:51AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I need some help,
> 
> I need to know how MySQL would handle different language character stes.  In
> particular, I need to know how MySQL would handle 2 Byte Characters.  Does
> this mean my VarChar (30) would only be able to hold 15 characters, or does
> it understand that, and automatically adjust for it??  Thanks all!!

In VARCHAR(30) will fit 15 two-byte characters. To MySQL, it's simply
some data.

The only exception to this is that MySQL supports an order for
characters sets, some two-byte sets included. Have a look at the
following manual section for more info:

http://www.mysql.com/doc/L/o/Localization.html

Bye,

        Benjamin.

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