Thread: Need Help on Japanese language
Hi, I have a postgres database running on a english linux box.what settings need to be done , so that i can insert japanese characters into the database. thanks in advance. Somasekhar Bangalore Principal Software Engineer ZenSutra Software Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Suite 601, HM Geneva House #14, Cunningham Road Bangalore 560-052, India Ph:+91-80-235-0481 Fax:+91-80-235-0486 Email: Sbangalore@zensutra.com 'Weaving the knowledge tapestry'
On Monday 25 November 2002 10:48, Somasekhar wrote: > Hi, > > I have a postgres database running on a english linux box.what settings > need to be done , so that i can insert japanese characters into the > database. Insertion of Japanese text should work regardless of however your installation is set up. Manipulating the data is what will cause headaches; this link: http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?multibyte.html should help you on the PostgreSQL side of things, but you will also need to look deeply into the wonderous world of Japanese character set handling in order to get the data cleanly from and to your application. Two links for further reading: http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/japanese.html http://www.praxagora.com/lunde/ HTH Ian Barwick barwick@gmx.net