Re: [edict-jmdict] Re: Choosing a database backend

[Jim Breen <Jim.Breen@**********************>]

[David Ranvig (Re: [edict-jmdict] Re: Choosing a database backend) writes:]
>> 
>> However, I did test JMdict and could not find any 4 byte utf8 characters in it.

This is correct. 

>> The characters in kanjidic that offends MySQL seems to start at unicodepoint
>> 0x2000B and end at point 0x2A6B2. So using characters within that range
>> might serve as a good test-data.

Those are the "new" kanji in JIS X 0213. 

4-byte UTF-8 sequences will become a database issue when (and if)
the kanjidic database happens. By the time that happens MySQL will
probably have got its act together on full UTF8 support.

Jim

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