Hi
You can store Unicode text in a binary column (BLOB) and convert it to/from
native Unicode format in your application. The most efficient form is likely
to be UTF-8 format, which has a variable character length (the lower 128
characters are the same as ASCII).
I have such a database that is storing Japanese, Arabic, Chinese, Russian
etc. as UTF8, and converts to a Java String by specifying the "UTF8"
encoding:
byte[] bytesStory = rs.getBytes ("utf8Column");
String strStory = new String (bytesStory, "UTF8");
The disadvantage of storing Unicode in a BLOB is that you can't really index
or search these columns, unless your UTF8 happens to be all ASCII (in which
case why use a BLOB?).
Phil White
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From: "Tuy Le" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 4:03 AM
Subject: Unicode
> Hello,
>
> Currently, MySQL doesn't support Unicode, does it? Which version will
> support?
>
> Are there any ways to use Unicode with MySQL? Can I insert data under
binary
> mode?
>
> Please reply me as soon as possible.
>
> Thanks for your support.
>
> Tuy Le
>
> PS: Sorry to send mail to you directly because I don't know where to find
> the answers.
>
>
>
>
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