[Openstreetmap] OSM 8bit database transparency.

[Johnny Doe]

--- Erik Johansson <erjohan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 1. You should use UTF-8, because that is what will
> be used.

utf8 is not a magic bullet, because it can utilize
exactly 
these codes.

> 2. I have no idea what those characters look like

There are no "characters" at these positions, but the
codes can show up in the utf8 datastream.

> 3. At this moment, it accepts what ever you put in
> there.
> 

If i will send a 'name=some0x80name' into the
database, 
will i get back the same name? The applet is not
supporting
utf8 right now, so its behaviour is irrelevant.



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