From: Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz
Date: October 2 2008 6:56pm
Subject: Re: dbt2 data
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On Do, 2008-10-02 at 14:52 -0400, Jim Starkey wrote:
> Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz wrote:
> > On Do, 2008-10-02 at 14:17 -0400, Jim Starkey wrote:
> >   
> >> Has anybody noticed that the character strings in our dbt2 data is 
> >> gibberish (or is it just me)?
> >>     
> >
> > What do you mean by gibberish? Example, please, sir, please!
> >
> >   
> 
> mysql> select d_name from district limit 5;
> +------------+
> | d_name     |
> +------------+
> | 4W+ùMî/aG  |
> | [VIKëyC..  |
> | Tao÷ø1éoJ) |

It's "Tao the art of Zen"


> | ïãgp&ýj7=  |
> | 'òÝb[1Méöa |
> +------------+
> 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
> 
> Could that be Swedish?  Finnish?  Martian?  Utf16?
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jim Starkey
> President, NimbusDB, Inc.
> 978 526-1376
> 
> 
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