Is the data in the mfhd_item table stored in UTF-8 or some other character set?
- Product: Voyager
- Product Version: All
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Question
Are the data in the mfhd_item table (e.g., ITEM_ENUM, CHRON) stored in UTF-8 or some other character set?
Answer
Only bibliographic data are stored as Unicode in Voyager, and the rest is Latin1. Since the mfhd_item table is not bibliographic data, it is stored in Latin1.
Additional Information
"MARC data" is stored in MARC21-UTF-8 format in Voyager. This includes BIB records and MFHD records.
See the Voyager Technical User's Guide (various sections) for further details.
- Article last edited: 12-Jan-2020