[fpc-pascal] code example where AnsiString used in FCL (SqlDB) causes data loss

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 2016-05-11 13:27, Jonas Maebe wrote:
> If you change the string to unicodestring (since  
> FPC 2.6.4 does not know {$modeswitch unicodestring}), you should get  
> the same results in FPC 2.6.4 and FPC 3.x

No, because FPC 2.6.4 doesn't do automatic encoding conversions. I would
first have to add UTF8Decode() calls wherever I assign known UTF-8 data
to a UnicodeString.

With FPC 2.6.4 I never use UnicodeString. Like with Lazarus LCL, I use
AnsiString with a UTF-8 payload. I define a new type which I use in my
application to remind me of that fact.

Regards,
  Graeme

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