Firebird Documentation Index → Firebird 2.1 Language Ref. Update → Data types and subtypes → New character sets |
Added in: 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.1
The following table lists the character sets added in Firebird.
Table 4.1. Character sets new in Firebird
Name | Max bytes/ch. | Languages | Added in |
---|---|---|---|
CP943C | 2 | Japanese | 2.1 |
DOS737 | 1 | Greek | 1.5 |
DOS775 | 1 | Baltic | 1.5 |
DOS858 | 1 | = DOS850 plus € sign | 1.5 |
DOS862 | 1 | Hebrew | 1.5 |
DOS864 | 1 | Arabic | 1.5 |
DOS866 | 1 | Russian | 1.5 |
DOS869 | 1 | Modern Greek | 1.5 |
GBK | 2 | Chinese | 2.1 |
ISO8859_2 | 1 | Latin-2, Central European | 1.0 |
ISO8859_3 | 1 | Latin-3, Southern European | 1.5 |
ISO8859_4 | 1 | Latin-4, Northern European | 1.5 |
ISO8859_5 | 1 | Cyrillic | 1.5 |
ISO8859_6 | 1 | Arabic | 1.5 |
ISO8859_7 | 1 | Greek | 1.5 |
ISO8859_8 | 1 | Hebrew | 1.5 |
ISO8859_9 | 1 | Latin-5, Turkish | 1.5 |
ISO8859_13 | 1 | Latin-7, Baltic Rim | 1.5 |
KOI8R | 1 | Russian | 2.0 |
KOI8U | 1 | Ukrainian | 2.0 |
TIS620 | 1 | Thai | 2.1 |
UTF8 [(*)] | 4 | All | 2.0 |
WIN1255 | 1 | Hebrew | 1.5 |
WIN1256 | 1 | Arabic | 1.5 |
WIN1257 | 1 | Baltic | 1.5 |
WIN1258 | 1 | Vietnamese | 2.0 |
[(*)] In Firebird 1.5, UTF8 is an alias for UNICODE_FSS. This character set has some inherent problems. In Firebird 2, UTF8 is a character set in its own right, without the drawbacks of UNICODE_FSS. |
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