On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 10:02, David Ayliffe wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need some details on the EXACT type of Unicode that MySQL will use
> 4.1.
> Ideally I'm looking for information on which type of Unicode MySQL will
> use internally, and which type it will return data to the user in; and
> is the MySQL Unicode implementation going to be phased in or with v4.1
> will Unicode suddenly arrive?
>
> I need to know if MySQL will use UTF-8, UCS or whatever both for use
> internally and externally.
Hi,
Unicode in 4.1 will use UTF-8 and UCS2 with a possibility to recode
between them (as well as between any supported character sets).
> Some (VERY) technical documentation on this
> subject would be appreciated.
Sorry, this will not appear until the 4.1 branch is released -- and even
then it will just be the end-user documentation that tells how to use
the feature(s).
If you would like some sort of a in-depth whitepaper, then you could
hire some consulting services from our developers to write this for you.
Please contact <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> if you are interested.
Matt
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