The latest Microsoft JDBC/ODBC driver appears to work. I say appears
because I haven't really used it for more than a quick test.
Of course, this driver is a Windows-only phenomenon.
Hope this helps.
Addison
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On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Michael (michka) Kaplan wrote:
> Unfortunately, Java and especially JDBC is one of those places where I
> cannot even maintain the illusion of "knowing everything". :-)
>
> >From colleagues of mine who work in the UNIX/Java sphere, the impression I
> have gotten is that many/most of the JDBC stuff was done prior to SQL 7.0,
> and thus had no Unicode fields to run against. This makes them always
> convert using some code page (probably using the non-Unicode SQLS scheme
> which is to base it off the collation choice of the server, which until 7.0
> was actually the ideal plan).
>
> I would hope that my (limited) knowledge is obsolete and that work has been
> done to make things work in SQLS 7.0 and 2000 Unicode fields through JDBC.
> Can someone confirm or deny this?
>
> michka
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tex Texin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Michael (michka) Kaplan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: "Unicode List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 8:49 AM
> Subject: Re: SQL Server and Unicode
>
>
> > Michael,
> > Do you know of JDBC drivers that support using
> > queries and updates of UCS-2 (or UTF-16) text in the SQL Server database?
> >
> > I am having trouble confirming which ones support this and have confirmed,
> > that
> > even though Java is Unicode-based, some of the drivers only work provided
> > the text is to be converted to some code page other than Unicode for
> storage
> > and retrieval on the database.
> >
> > tex
> >
> >
> > "Michael (michka) Kaplan" wrote:
> > >
> > > SQL Server supports the datatypes NTEXT, NCHAR, and NVARCHAR, all of
> which
> > > are of type UCS-2. When such a column indexed, then the index is Unicode
> (I
> > > am not sure if this what you mean).
> > >
> > > SQL Server 7.0 only supports one language collation at the server
> level....
> > > this choice affects the actual ordering of all such indexes.
> > >
> > > SQL Server 2000 supports a COLLATE keyword that allows you to specify a
> > > collation at the database or field level and thus choose a different
> > > language for such columns/indexes if you like (I discuss practical
> details
> > > and implications of this feature in an upcoming article in the Visual
> Basic
> > > Programmer's Journal, tentatively scheduled for November).
> > >
> > > In any case, you can certainly query and such field in either SQL 7.0 or
> in
> > > SQL 2000.
> > >
> > > Hopefully this answers your question; if not, let me know. :-)
> > >
> > > michka
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "pierre vaures" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: "Unicode List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 1:23 AM
> > > Subject: SQL Server and Unicode
> > >
> > > > To Whom It May Concern:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > SQL server is in the Unicode Products WebSite described as Unicode
> > > enables.
> > > >
> > > > What we would like to know is :
> > > >
> > > > a - Does SQL Server allows to set as an index a field in Unicode
> standard?
> > > > b - Can you make SQL query on this particular field?
> > > >
> > > > If you have any information, or ideas, thanks for your help.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Pierre
> > > >
> >
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