Exactly what is the difference between new Unicode String Field and new String Field in Enterpri ...

[Guest]

Could any body explain me the exact difference between these two fileds.

[dgreen]

Hi, Kumar.

I didn’t know the answer to this one, so I checked with Google and found the following at the Schema Mania Web site:

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The Unicode standard and character sets are closely related but distinct concepts. Both represent a set of letters, numbers, and symbols. A character set has 256 possible values (28), and a number of character sets exist. The single Unicode standard has 65,536 possible values (216). This greater range of values is possible for Unicode data because of the increased storage space it uses. The Unicode standard and character sets fulfill the same purpose, to represent a set of character data, but they differ in how they fulfill that purpose.<!-/quote-!>

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I have always used UNICODE for my integrations because it is based in standards. I do not know which type uses more system resources or is more efficient.

You can read more about UNICODE at http://www.unicode.org/standard/WhatIsUnicode.html

[Guest]

In terms of java it’s exactly the same. The string field type only exists for backwards compatibility.
So if choosing string you are actualy manipulating unicode string anyway.

You should use the unicode string for new developments.