Received: from sraigw.sra.co.jp (sraigw.sra.co.jp [202.32.10.2]) by hub.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA10833 for ; Tue, 22 Jun 1999 08:09:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from t-ishii@srapc451.sra.co.jp) Received: from srapc451.sra.co.jp (srapc451 [133.137.44.37]) by sraigw.sra.co.jp (8.8.7/3.7W-sraigw) with ESMTP id VAA21621; Tue, 22 Jun 1999 21:07:55 +0900 (JST) Received: from srapc451.sra.co.jp (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by srapc451.sra.co.jp (8.8.8/3.5Wpl7) with ESMTP id VAA09978; Tue, 22 Jun 1999 21:07:54 +0900 (JST) Message-Id: <199906221207.VAA09978@srapc451.sra.co.jp> To: David Warnock cc: "pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org" Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] JDBC and character sets From: Tatsuo Ishii Reply-To: t-ishii@sra.co.jp In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 22 Jun 1999 11:18:42 +0100. <376F6302.B6ADD3EC@sundayta.co.uk> Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 21:07:54 +0900 Sender: t-ishii@srapc451.sra.co.jp >We have java applications currently using either Postgresql 6.4 or >Interbase. We use Interbase as we need unicode. > >The support for unicode in Postgresql 6.5 is unclear to me. I can also >see no mention of Unicode in the jdbc driver documentation. > >Can I install postgresql 6.5 so as to be able to save and restore the >unicode from java? > >If so how? I'm not sure about JDBC, but definitely PostgreSQL supports Unicode if you enable MB option. configure --with-mb=UNICODE -- Tatsuo Ishii