UTF8 support

[jonbfl]

Hello all,

I have a very naive question about Xataface 1.3 -

I'm planning on using the built-in language translation methods in a test application.

At this juncture, is unicode support defaulted to 'on' or is this conf.ini directive still required?

default_oe=UTF-8
default_ie=UTF-8

http://xataface.com/documentation/how-to/unicode

I'm about to toddle down that road, and would prefer NOT to have to re-do the input.

thanks

[shannah]

Good question. It is still default to off.
1.3 still focuses on compatibility with previous versions. This sort of thing would cause some problems for people porting older installs over so it was left alone. The development of 2.0 is facing a number of decisions like this - it is very likely that the setting will be changed for that release.

[jonbfl]

Hi Steve -

Thanks for the quick response.

Got it, I'm getting to the point where I think I actually understand why that is a concern I had to think for a minute how Xataface is updated - OK, makes sense.

Given that -- I'm not going to ask repeatedly, but will assume its best to include all parameters.

I have a closely related question that I will put in a clean topic.