Thus asketh the developers: What datatypes can we safely store utf-8
data in?
Version: IDS 9.3

Backround: We are going to write applications in perl that take data
entry and output data in French. I think the database was created in
en_us, but I'm not sure how to verify that fact. The utf-8 conversion
will be handled in the external application, and the database will be
sent a stream of utf-8 encoded data to store. The developers want to
know what datatype to use so that the data will not be translated when
it hits the database. I'm pretty sure that what we're proposing is
working outside of GLS, but I'm not sure. The GLS guide has not been
much help, but if you know of a section I should be reading, please
mention it.

TIA

Dave Thacker