# File lib/rbase/columns.rb, line 78
      def initialize(name, options = {})
        if options[:size] && options[:decimal]
          size = options[:decimal]*256 + options[:size] 
        else
          size = options[:size] || 254
        end
        
        super name, options.merge(:size => size)

        if options[:encoding]
          @unpack_converter = Iconv.new('utf-8', options[:encoding])
          @pack_converter = Iconv.new(options[:encoding], 'utf-8')
        end
      end