Dann Corbit wrote:
> If the server bound the data as UNICODE, then it will tell me
> UNICODE(3). I know how big this will be.
>
> In the worst case scenario it will fit in 3*4 = 12 bytes.
>
> If the server is built without UNICODE enabled, then it will definitely
> fit in 3 bytes.
Unless it's some other multibyte encoding. And nowadays, the server is
always "unicode enabled". The stuff sent down the wire is unicode or
not depending on a configuration parameter.
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