Re: [Firebird-devel] PROPOSAL FB 3.0: Ditch the NONE as default charset

[Mark R. <ma...@la...>]

On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 09:45:06 +0200, Dimitry Sibiryakov <sd...@ib...>
wrote:
>    How about isc_create_database()? Should it follow the same rules?

It probably should.

>> But if we'd go this route, one more idea comes to mind. What about
>> prohibiting NONE as a default database charset at all, even if
specified
>> explicitly?
> 
>    Shouldn't it be coupled with prohibiting declaration of charset for
>    single fields?

> Currently nothing prevent (me) from creating database with default
charset
> NONE and set 
> charset for every character field in every table.

I am not sure I see why you would need to prohibit setting the
characterset of a specific field when requiring the default characterset to
be set. Could you explain the reasoning on that?

The use of different charactersets for individual columns has its uses.
 
>> Those who want to save on transliteration would still have
>> that ability by matching the server and connection charsets or by using
>> NONE as a connection charset. Does anybody see any problem here?
> 
>    Yep: how to find out server version before creating database?

Could you be more explicit about the problem you are expecting?

Mark