[DUG] Non English software

[Edward Koryagin]

Did you use COLLATE in select?
--- Robert martin <rob at wildsoft.co.nz> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> We are developing an add on to our software that
> needs to function in a 
> number of countries (where English is not the
> language of choice).  We 
> don't as yet know what those countries are.
> 
> Our initial thought was to use Unicode however we
> have hit a number of 
> major issues with Unicode.  As the product is to
> integrate with an 
> existing, non Unicode English only application this
> proves very tricky.  
> i.e. clients would be entered in the plug-in but
> stored in the main app 
> and displayed there as well.  Also many of our
> components are not (or 
> barely) Unicode complaint.
> 
> We are using Firebird as our database and see that
> we can define a 
> language for a field / DB.  So the thought is we
> might just ship a xxx 
> langauge DB to each country.  However I added a
> Greek field to one of 
> our tables and when  I enter some Greek and post the
> results are 
> scrambled.  Is there a step I am missing?
> 
> Does anyone have any other suggestions?
> 
> -- 
> 
> Rob Martin
> Software Engineer
> 
> phone +64 03 377 0495
> fax   +64 03 377 0496
> web www.chreos.com
> 
> Wild Software Ltd
> 
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