chinese characters and mysql.

[Anon]

Dear All ,

I believe this question is very simple and hope u ppl can
help me out. Well i'm trying to develop a site using
chinese characters where my users
can login. I'm suppose to store their username which will
be in chinese character in mysql . I tried looking for info
abt it but in vain. Does mysql support chinese char ? if
not wht shd i do... i can only use
mysql.

thank you very much for your help and comprehension.

regards,
manu

[jitao]

Sure, you can use Chinese characters in MySql. It does support it. However, if you use Chinese as the username, I'm not sure if there are any problems while indexing the Chinese column as a key.
Any comments welcome.
Ji Tao

[Anon]

hi Ji Tao
can you please gimme some more tips on how to actuallly store those chinese char, any links or reference. Yeps i need indexing on it as a key, is tht possible ?

thank you.