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How do you do (for example) column names or types with ASCII only? How do you extend ASCII?
by jstimpfle 7y ago
How do you do (for example) column names or types with ASCII only?
How do you extend ASCII?
- kps 7y agoESC is the ASCII character for code extension. ISO 2022 aka ECMA-35¹ standardizes how to use it in general, but the only thing that really caught on is a subset of the terminal control extensions (ISO 6429 aka ECMA-48² aka ‘ANSI’). In the hypothetical alternate universe where people use ASCII-based structured data, ISO 2022 would have standard sequences for such metadata. If you were rolling your own today, you'd probably wrap the metadata in Application Program Command (ESC _ … ESC \) or Start Of String (ESC X … ESC \) or one of the private-use sequences. ¹ https://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-035.htm https://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ec... ² https://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-048.htm https://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ec...