> > Okay. Thanks. > > Basically I need to document that Oracle "AL32UTF8" should be used > as the client charset in preference to the older "UTF8" because > "UTF8" doesn't do the "best"? thing with surrogate pairs.
"because what Oracle calls UTF8 is not conformant with the modern definition of UTF8" > Seems like "best" is the, er, best word to use here as "right" > would be too strong. But then the "shortest form" requirement > is quite strong so perhaps "modern standard" would be the right words. > > Tim. -- Jarkko Hietaniemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.iki.fi/jhi/ "There is this special biologist word we use for 'stable'. It is 'dead'." -- Jack Cohen
