Size and DisplayWidth with UTF8

nandod · Post by **nandod** » Mon 28 Dec 2009 15:54

Hello,
I have a Firebird 2.1 database, and I have noticed that UTF8 TStringField.Size and DisplayWidth are expressed in bytes and not characters. So, a varchar(100) has both Size and DisplayWidth set to 400.

Is this normal, and if so how do I get the character length of string fields?

Thanks
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Nando

Plash · Post by **Plash** » Wed 30 Dec 2009 08:44

Field size is in characters if you set the UseUnicode extended driver option to True.