Sven Bentlage asked
> Is there a way to get UTF-8 national characters sets working when you > only have user access to a database (it's my ISP's)? Whether you use the my.cnf/my.ini configuration file or the startup parameter, it's a startup option. You have to have access to one or the other. Maybe, if they are willing to provide mysql, they will also be willing to let you do some configuration. Only way to know is to ask your ISP. If they don't know, you might want to put a my.cnf in your home directory, just to see what happens. You'll need to check the manual. > (I know this is going to upset some people, but I do not have any time > left and RTFM won't help me right now..) Then check it later. > Can anyone of you send me a list/link to a list (or even better a > download location) of all available UTF-8 national character sets and a > small description on how to get them working as fast as possible? UTF-8 is not supported until 4.1 comes out. But if you don't need to sort or collate on those fields, just store it as blob and make your application remember that it's supposed to be UTF-8, and with a little work you should be okay. I think. > Thanks for your understanding and help, > > Sven > > On Thursday, May 16, 2002, at 08:40 AM, Roger Baklund wrote: > > > > > * John D. Stein > >> I can't seem to find anything about character code sets supported by > >> MySQL. The only thing I found was a note about adding support > >> for sorting > >> on Unicode at http://www.mysql.com/doc/T/O/TODO_MySQL_4.1.html. > >> > >> What character sets does MySQL support? Is Unicode the default for > >> national character fields? > > > > There is plenty about character sets in the manual: > > > > <URL: http://www.mysql.com/doc/manual.php?search_query=character+set > > > > > <URL: http://www.mysql.com/doc/C/h/Character_sets.html > > > <URL: http://www.mysql.com/doc/A/d/Adding_character_set.html > > > <URL: http://www.mysql.com/doc/P/r/Problems_with_character_sets.html > > > <URL: http://www.mysql.com/doc/M/u/Multi-byte_characters.html > > > > > -- > > Roger --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
