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Report #:  32315   Status: Open
Internationalizing InterBase: Character Sets, Collations, and Encodings by Craig Stuntz
Project:  Conference Build #:  No
Version:    1 Submitted By:   Christine Ellis
Report Type:  Suggestion / Enhancement Request Date Reported:  8/7/2006 3:15:55 PM
Severity:    Infrequently encountered problem Last Updated: 8/28/2006 1:31:55 PM
Platform:    All platforms Internal Tracking #:  
Resolution: None  Resolved in Build: : None
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Internationalizing InterBase: Character Sets, Collations, and Encodings by Craig Stuntz
TYPE: Regular Session
LEVEL: All
PREREQUISITES: Some familiarity with InterBase.
ABSTRACT: I'm submitting this topic because I see so many people on the newsgroups get in trouble in this area, time and time again.

This session ties in nicely to InterBase 8's new Unicode encodings, but it's not limited to that feature; understanding character sets and collations is critical for anyone who creates an InterBase database, whether or not they intend to use Unicode.

The session will:

o  Explain what character sets, encodings, and collations are.
o  Explain why they are useful, and the benefits of setting them correctly at the outset.
o  Explain the different places where these options can be set: Column charsets and collations, the DB's default charset, explicitly-specified charsets and collations in SQL, client charsets, and charsets in applications. Plus how all of the preceeding settings interact.
o  Provide simple best practices for all of these settings.
o  Explore some of the limitations InterBase imposes.

The session will be an expansion of this popular article:

http://blogs.teamb.com/craigstuntz/articles/InterBaseCharsets.aspx

...but it will cover more material and have more practical examples.

Note that I can only participate if I'm granted "featured speaker" status, and of course not knowing the dates of the convention also means I can't state my availability with certainty.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY: Craig Stuntz is a software developer who lives and works in Columbus, Ohio. He is a member of TeamB and is the author of InterBase Performance Monitor, included with InterBase, and the popular optimization tool InterBase PLANalyzer.
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