MessageFor Oracle: select value from nls_database_parameters where parameter = 'NLS_CHARACTERSET' ; Steve Billings Global 360 Software Globalization Consulting...
MessageI'm afraid that method is vendor (Oracle) specific. It seems like their ought to be a standard (vendor-neutral) method, but if there is, I don't know...
Unfortunately, you're right, there is no standard way. You can get a lot of information about a database implementation from DatabaseMetaData--and it seems ...
Hi, Is there a way to validate dosnamespace and longnamespace file names and for their invalid characters in all languages. Effectively what i am trying to ask...
... The reason the asterik is invalid is that it has special meaning as to filenames. This is not true of characters you are thinking about here, so there is...
Hi, What is the difference between unicode and UTF8 strings. How are they stored. Could you give me some information regarding the same and some links where i ...
Hi, I have a question with regard to the display of time zones. In our application we have a section where users can setup their preferences. One of the...
Hi Senthil, Unicode is a generic term for the character-set-and-encoding-standard. Unicode has several encodings, the most commonly used of which are: UTF-8,...
Hi Cornee, TimeZones are a pretty interesting problem. TimeZones need a wide array of parameters to fully describe them. Generally, when presenting them you...
Hi Addison, It was infact a great good summary. Thanks for making it so clear. Senthil ... __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? ...
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Hi, On the Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 SP1 page, I see a cab file for redistribution, but this contains an English version of the xml dll files. I would...
I have a few questions around URL encoding... I'm hoping somebody can help! 1. Do browsers convert url strings (in the location header) into UTF- 8 format...
Campbell, here's what I can recall off my head. ... I pass this question. It's not recommended to enter non-ASCII here. ... It is not valid. You have to make...
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... UTF-8 ... There is no simple answer to this for all browsers out there today. Newer versions of IE use UTF-8 in URLs by default, but this option can be...
... for ... languages ... There are redistributables for many languages here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp? url=/downloads/sample.asp?url=/ ...
Hello! ... AFAIK, they do not convert to UTF-8 (though, I now need to think about Ed's comment - because yes, in IE's setup there is an option "UTF-8 in...
Paul/Group, Thanks to everyone for all of your help! I think I have enough to go on... They say there are standards on this - but it certainly doesn't seem...
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I believe they are not the same. Microsoft has added some characters to 932 over time. You can see Microsoft's code page online. You can get to it from my ...
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Hi,,, I have a doubt regarding double byte languages and unicode language stuf. Most of the operating system have a default code page and a encoding mechanism...
Senthil, Most operating systems are moving to using Unicode internally, if they haven't already, and forgoing use of double-byte or other code pages. The...
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