c-treeDB API API for C

Unicode Support

Simply storing Unicode data has always been possible with c-treeDB API, provided the application treated the data as binary and performed any necessary translations. In this case, using the stored Unicode data as a segment of an index was difficult since c-treeDB API had no way of knowing how the underlying binary data was encoded: UTF-8. UTF-16, ASCII, etc.

In This Section FairCom DB Unicode UTF-16 Field Types Creating Tables with Unicode Field types Reading UTF-16 Field Data Writing UTF-16 Field Data Creating Key Segments based on Unicode Fields How to Specify a Unicode Key Segment Specifying a Unicode Key Segment with CTSEG_UNCSEG ICU Collation Option Overview Storing UTF-8 Data Converting from Unicode UTF-16 to UTF-8