Gift Peddie, I don't understand how that link is at all relevant -- I don't see any mention of GB18030 in it -- in fact, it looks like mostly just codepage numbers & names copied & pasted in from Books Online or somewhere?

Sorry if I've missed the point-- could you kindly explain the relevance?

PostScript: I just realized that you probably were responding to earlier thread content, not to my babble^h^h^h^h^hpost, so that is probably why I was confused.

(I've also just realized that since these forums are inconveniently hidden behind some login page. they may not be getting googled--which would kind of make them a bad place for discussions?)