> On the other hand, I remember you talked about the type of that > column to be char(2). Have you specified what encoding it's using? > Moreover, I hope you're not using legacy encoding like Big5 or GB. Use > Unicode (UTF-8) if your database is a brand new one. Unfortunately, I am still using Big5. you need a longer field to store utf-8 codes for the same big5 string right? -- .~. Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. http://www.linux-sxs.org / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Ubuntu 6.10) Linux 2.6.20.6 ^ ^ 19:11:01 up 3 days 2:02 0 users load average: 1.23 1.12 1.03 news://news.3home.net news://news.hkpcug.org news://news.newsgroup.com.hk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php