.NET compact framework and SQL Server Express 2008 R2 - compact-framework

Question

I am having problems in picking the right collation / locale on a Windows Embedded Compact Edition 6.0 device.
I am using .NET compact framework 2.0 on said device.
I am having difficulties inserting the letters ŠĐČĆŽšđčćž in the database.
I am getting a PlatformNotSupported exception.
Available locales on the CE device does not list Croatian or anything similar.
When i pick SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS as the database/table/column collation it works (in combination with the English (US) locale on the device, but i can't insert previous letters.
The same collation, using Management studio 2008, from a Windows 7 desktop PC, correctly accepts all those letters.
What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

I was not able to duplicate this on our older SQL 2000 Server, and I would certainly hope that SQL Express 2008 has more for dealing with multilingual issues than SQL 2000.
I used the following code as my test:
private const string jp2code = "jp2code.net";
private void Form1_Activated(object sender, EventArgs e) {
string croatianIn = "ŠĐČĆŽšđčćž";
string croatianOut = TestCroatian(croatianIn);
Console.WriteLine(String.Compare(croatianIn, croatianOut));
}
private string TestCroatian(string input) {
string result = null;
string sql = "INSERT INTO SUITEMSG (MsgFrom, [Message]) VALUES (#MsgFrom, #Message);";
using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(sql, Data.Connection)) {
cmd.Parameters.Add("#MsgFrom", jp2code);
cmd.Parameters.Add("#Message", input);
cmd.Connection.Open();
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
}
sql = "SELECT [Message] FROM SUITEMSG WHERE MsgFrom=#MsgFrom;";
using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(sql, Data.Connection)) {
cmd.Parameters.Add("#MsgFrom", jp2code);
cmd.Connection.Open();
result = cmd.ExecuteScalar().ToString();
}
return result;
}
Both the input and the output were identical.
Are you sure there isn't something else you are doing?
Can you update your question to post a short code example like I have done above to show what does NOT work?