> The primary concern is whether a database is able to represent the entire
this was a question that came up about older middleware (cf5) that couldn't properly handle unicode, some folks (me included) were stuffing utf-8 into databases that didn't understand it (ie a char became a series of bytes). the question became, "are there any dbs that do"? and finally "how do you tell"? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.373 / Virus Database: 208 - Release Date: 1/7/2545