Paul Flint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have a bunch of text with Japanese in it that uses shift_jis encoding. > > > My initial tests show that this encoding has the same problems in MySQL > > > as it does in Perl: it gives false matches.
Joel Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Have you tried setting the language to Japanese and the encoding to > > shift-JIS yet? Paul Flint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, I have not tried that yet, and the reason is that I will be > transferring this database and php interface to a server on which I do > not have control over MySQL settings. Hence I will not be able to change > the language to Japanese. Of course I can do it on my local development > machine, but there would be no point. Joe, I found another server on which I will have access to the configuration files and will be able to set the default language to ujis (not ejis!). I did this on my local machine and it worked well. Thanks for your help. Paul Flint Japanese to English Translation Kawasaki Japan --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
