See the following: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/package-summary.html#cha renc
"The default encoding is determined during virtual-machine startup and typically depends upon the locale and encoding being used by the underlying operating system." You can use -Dfile.encoding=xxx on the command line to force the default encoding, if required. Hope this helps Keith -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 May 2006 15:41 To: Ant User Subject: Re: SQL task output encoding I might be wrong on this: >>>>> Java Reader and Writer always use Unicode by default On 5/4/06, Patrick Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I'd like to know which encoding is used by the SQL task when outputing > to a file. I believe it is unicode but I need to be sure... > > <sql> has an encoding attribute, but it is used when loading the > script to run. > > Reading the code, it seems that the output encoding cannot be set via > ant. Here is how the output is set: out = new PrintStream(new > BufferedOutputStream( > new FileOutputStream(output.getAbsolutePath(), > append))); > > This would mean that is uses the JVM default. On an other hand I read > somewhere that Java Reader and Writer always use Unicode by default. > And if I am not mistaking, the <sql> task uses a PrintStream which in > turn uses a Writer... Does this certify that the output will be > unicode? > > Thanks, > > Patrick Martin > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
