Thread: Korean characters in a SQL_ASCII database?!?

Korean characters in a SQL_ASCII database?!?

From
"culley harrelson"
Date:
Someone put some Korean words in my SQL_ASCII database:

http://www.flashcardexchange.com/quick_view.php?id=238165

When you change the encoding of you browser to EUC-KR it looks
suspiciously like Korean.  What is going on here?  How is this working?

culley

Re: Korean characters in a SQL_ASCII database?!?

From
Tom Lane
Date:
"culley harrelson" <culley@fastmail.fm> writes:
> Someone put some Korean words in my SQL_ASCII database:

SQL_ASCII doesn't mean "7 bit only".  It means something closer to
"we don't know what encoding this stuff is, and won't risk doing
any automatic conversions".

            regards, tom lane