Top "Character-set" questions

Best way to convert text files between character sets?

What is the fastest, easiest tool or method to convert text files between character sets? Specifically, I need to convert …

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What's the difference between utf8_general_ci and utf8_unicode_ci?

Between utf8_general_ci and utf8_unicode_ci, are there any differences in terms of performance?

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What does character set and collation mean exactly?

I can read the MySQL documentation and it's pretty clear. But, how does one decide which character set to use? …

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SQL Server: set character set (not collation)

How does one set the default character set for fields when creating tables in SQL Server? In MySQL one does …

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About the "Character set" option in Visual Studio

I have an inquiry about the "Character set" option in Visual Studio. The Character Set options are: Not Set Use …

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Determining ISO-8859-1 vs US-ASCII charset

I am trying to determine whether to use PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(outputFilename, "ISO-8859-1"); or PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(…

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How to encode a STRING variable into a given code page

I've got a string variable containing a text that I need to encode and write to a file, in UTF-16…

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