Though I can't quite figure out how to do what this page recommends:
"Creating a Database with a Neutral Code Page"
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368057.aspx
I do appreciate that the author of that page understands ASCII.

My C# code is I18N'ed by appropriately naming and editing .resx files.  At
execution time, it works.
My C++ code is somewhat I18N'ed.  When I put UI code in C++ I use .rc files.
When I link to a third party's DLLs I get what they supplied.  When I link