On Thu, 2010-04-01 at 20:19 +0700, 62mkv wrote: > when trying to connect to FB 1.0.3 server, to database that was > created using WIN1251 (Windows Ansi Cyrillic) CHARSET, via SqlDB > TIBConnection component, all Lazarus visual components display ASCII > (32-127) characters OK, but all Cyrillic characters are displayed as > ???? > > I cannot convert DB (anyway, FB 1.0.3 doesn't > support UTF8) or switch to using another FB. > > I've made requests on several FreePascal\Lazarus forums, all states > that I need either to migrate to migrate to more recent version of > FB (most popular advice, which I cannot follow) or "patch" SqlDB > components so that they should make on-the-fly AnsiToUTF8 and vice versa > conversion
Why didn't you try that? It's a proper solution. > Please tell me, is it the only way, and if yes, than how to do it, > more exactly, cause I'm a terribly new to Lazarus You can try to set the character-set of the FB-client when you connect. And you can be new to Lazarus, but this has nothing to do with Lazarus or fpc. It's a FB issue, or more general, a conversion to UTF issue. Joost. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
