In article <71E201BE5E881C46811BA160694C5FCB0FA934@fs1000.farcourier.com>,
"Stijn Vanroye" <s.vanroye@farcourier.com> writes:
>> Am Donnerstag, 22. April 2004 09:48 schrieb Stijn Vanroye:
>> > Wouldn't it be better if I just set my client encoding to
>> UNICODE in stead
>> > of LATIN1? I suppose the UNICODE encoding set is understood
>> by windows (and
>> > delphi), since I write progs for a win enviroment.
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> That really depends exclusively on what your client
>> program/environment can
>> tolerate. You may have to set your console, widget set or
>> desktop to Unicode
>> or something like that.
> Ok thanks. All I've got to do now is find out if windows and/or delphi understand UNICODE.
I'd say you should first decide if you really need Unicode. If you're
dealing exclusively with English/French/Spanish/German or so and if
you're pretty sure you'll never touch Polish/Russian/Chinese, you can
stick to Latin-1 or Latin-9 and happily ignore Unicode.
