going International

Hello We currently do business domestically in the States and are gearing up for business in China but it has not yet been determined if the Database will have to accommodate a different language, currency, time zones, etc.. Can anyone help with advice, tips, experiences or resources to read on all the things involved ? Thanks in advance!

A client had similar situation a few weeks ago so here are the experiences in using utf8 as dblocale: Make sure you start engine with GL_USEGLU=1 in the environment. Beware that previously created databases might not work properly when this env. var. is in effect. Create your databases with DB_LOCALE=en_us.utf8. When switching between locales in application use SET COLATTION "xx_xx.utf8". Can't remember anything else, but it doesn't mean there isn't :o) <tomcaml@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1140640378.086924.160270@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > Hello > > We currently do business domestically in the States and are gearing up > for business in China but it has not yet been determined if the > Database will have to accommodate a different language, currency, time > zones, etc.. Can anyone help with advice, tips, experiences or > resources to read on all the things involved ? > > Thanks in advance! >