[fpc-devel] TField.AsString and Databases with UTF-8 charset

[Martin Schreiber]

On Friday 24 July 2009 14:06:21 Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:

> PostgreSQL also supports the UTF-8 character set in databases. Surprise,
> surprise TParam.Size and TField.Size report the value of Char(x). Also
> the return values read from the Char(x) field don't contain any space
> padding on the right unless the actual text is less than the Char(x)
> definition. Also the character length NEVER exceeds the Char(x) definition.
>
Try to enter 'äöüéà' in a char(5) utf-8 encoded PQ field in SqlDb. ;-)

Martin