Pete I think the real coding advantage with Unicode in 7+ comes when processing text.
Personally, I think that it is safer to stick with UTF-8 encoding for external data as it is the only encoding format that you don’t need to worry about processor “endianness”. Regards Peter > On 26 Jan 2015, at 10:15, Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> wrote: > > Thanks Peter. If that's the case, I'm not seeing much in the way of a > coding advantage over pre 7.0. Sounds like using textEncode/textDecode > instaed of uniencode/unidecode? > > That does answer another question I had though which is what is needed if > the database is UTF-16 encoded. Sounds like nothing needs to be done. I > guess I'll have to set up some tests. > > Pete > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> > Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and > SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> > > On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Peter W A Wood <peterwaw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Pete >> >> LiveCode 7+ stores text data encoded according to UTF-16 so, as I >> understand, you will need to convert the UTF-8 encoded data using the >> textEncode function. >> >> Regards >> >> Peter >> >> >>> On 26 Jan 2015, at 06:45, Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> wrote: >>> >>> Is there a lesson/guide anywhere that shows how to use unicode in LC 7? >>> >>> All I need to do is SELECT data from an UTF8 encoded SQLite >>> database/display it in fields/datagrid and read input from fields/ >>> INSERT/UPDATE it to the database. >>> >>> I've got things working using unicodeText/uniencode/unidecode in LC 6.6 >> but >>> wondering how things work in 7. Or even if it's worthwhile even using >> LC 7 >>> for something as simple as this. >>> >>> The LC7 release notes document all the new properties/commands but don't >>> have any examples for straightforward use. Am I right in thinking that I >>> don't need to use unicodeText/uniencode/unidecode in LC7 to do the above >>> tasks? Just simple put into field/put field into var is all I need? >>> >>> Pete >>> lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> >>> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and >>> SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
