In our next release of SiteSearch, we will be supporting the explicit negotiation of characterset. Specifically, we will allow the client to negotiate the use of UTF-8 in searches. With that comes the requirement that we convert the UTF-8 query into the correct characterset for the database being searched. We need a diagnostic when the query includes characters that do not translate into the target characterset. The addinfo field will contain the character (in the negotiated characterset) that could not be translated. We recommend a practice to other implementors of not ignoring illegal characters. Profiles are currently asking us to not ignore or misinterpret attributes and I suspect that they will eventually ask us to treat the user's query terms with as much respect. RalphReceived on Thursday, 7 June 2001 07:53:58 GMT
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