Re: Selecting a constant question

Dann Corbit wrote:

> If the server bound the data as UNICODE, then it will tell me
> UNICODE(3).  I know how big this will be.
> 
> In the worst case scenario it will fit in 3*4 = 12 bytes.
> 
> If the server is built without UNICODE enabled, then it will definitely
> fit in 3 bytes.

Unless it's some other multibyte encoding.  And nowadays, the server is
always "unicode enabled".  The stuff sent down the wire is unicode or
not depending on a configuration parameter.

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