Re: [WebDNA] UTF-8 encoding issues

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2010


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Thanks Marc, I've seen that before. What I have not seen is a database that contains all the unicode characters. Sincerely, Kenneth Grome www.KenGrome.com > Here's some good reference material: > http://unicode.org/resources/utf8.html > > Kenneth Grome wrote: > > Is there a database (not a 'cheat sheet' online somewhere that has all the UTF-8 characters in it? I was looking for one a while ago and never found one, but having one might make converting to them easier. > > > > Sincerely, > > Kenneth Grome > > www.KenGrome.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Donovan > >> > >> Best to work from the original. I went through charset hell a few > >> years ago before I switched everything to UTF8. > >> > >> - Tom > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> On 22 Jan 2010, at 22:01, Donovan Brooke wrote: > >> > >>> Tom Duke wrote: > >>>> Donovan > >>>> The easiest way to do a charset conversion is to open the db in > >>>> BBedit using the correct charset. > >>>> If there are dodgy characters after you open it then BBedit has a > >>>> reopen using encoding option in one of the menus. Try different > >>>> ones until the db looks ok. > >>>> Then change the charset using the menu at the bottom of the BBedit > >>>> window (UTF8- no bom) and bingo your db is in Utf8. > >>>> - Tom > >>> Hi Tom, this is the way I converted it originally.. but I may > >>> have saved an intermediate step or something with a 3rd party > >>> encoding? !@#$... :-/ > >>> Now I have a mess to deal with. > >>> > >>> Anyway, I tried a command-line utility called iconv that is > >>> on the latest macs. It had a '-c' flag that was supposed to > >>> simply not add the characters that would not convert to the encoding > >>> you are shooting for.. however, I think my database was too messed > >>> up already for that to work. > >>> > >>> ..now going back to an old database, then rebuild from there. :-/ > >>> ...not what I wanted to do on late friday. > >>> > >>> Donovan > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Donovan Brooke > >>> WebDNA Software Corporation > >>> http://www.webdna.us > >>> **[Square Bracket Utopia]** > >>> --------------------------------------------------------- > >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > >>> the mailing list . > >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >>> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > >>> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ > >>> Bug Reporting: http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=topics&category=288 > >> --------------------------------------------------------- > >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > >> the mailing list . > >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > >> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ > >> Bug Reporting: http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=topics&category=288 > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > the mailing list . > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > > old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ > > Bug Reporting: http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=topics&category=288 > > . > > > Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] UTF-8 encoding issues (Donovan Brooke 2010)
  2. Re: [WebDNA] UTF-8 encoding issues (Christer Olsson 2010)
  3. Re: [WebDNA] UTF-8 encoding issues (Kenneth Grome 2010)
  4. Re: [WebDNA] UTF-8 encoding issues (Marc Thompson 2010)
  5. Re: [WebDNA] UTF-8 encoding issues (Kenneth Grome 2010)
  6. Re: [WebDNA] UTF-8 encoding issues (Tom Duke 2010)
  7. Re: [WebDNA] UTF-8 encoding issues (Donovan Brooke 2010)
  8. Re: [WebDNA] UTF-8 encoding issues (Govinda 2010)
  9. Re: [WebDNA] UTF-8 encoding issues (Kenneth Grome 2010)
  10. Re: [WebDNA] UTF-8 encoding issues (Tom Duke 2010)
  11. Re: [WebDNA] UTF-8 encoding issues (Govinda 2010)
  12. Re: [WebDNA] UTF-8 encoding issues (Donovan Brooke 2010)
  13. [WebDNA] UTF-8 encoding issues (Donovan Brooke 2010)
Thanks Marc, I've seen that before. What I have not seen is a database that contains all the unicode characters. Sincerely, Kenneth Grome www.KenGrome.com > Here's some good reference material: > http://unicode.org/resources/utf8.html > > Kenneth Grome wrote: > > Is there a database (not a 'cheat sheet' online somewhere that has all the UTF-8 characters in it? I was looking for one a while ago and never found one, but having one might make converting to them easier. > > > > Sincerely, > > Kenneth Grome > > www.KenGrome.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Donovan > >> > >> Best to work from the original. I went through charset hell a few > >> years ago before I switched everything to UTF8. > >> > >> - Tom > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> On 22 Jan 2010, at 22:01, Donovan Brooke wrote: > >> > >>> Tom Duke wrote: > >>>> Donovan > >>>> The easiest way to do a charset conversion is to open the db in > >>>> BBedit using the correct charset. > >>>> If there are dodgy characters after you open it then BBedit has a > >>>> reopen using encoding option in one of the menus. Try different > >>>> ones until the db looks ok. > >>>> Then change the charset using the menu at the bottom of the BBedit > >>>> window (UTF8- no bom) and bingo your db is in Utf8. > >>>> - Tom > >>> Hi Tom, this is the way I converted it originally.. but I may > >>> have saved an intermediate step or something with a 3rd party > >>> encoding? !@#$... :-/ > >>> Now I have a mess to deal with. > >>> > >>> Anyway, I tried a command-line utility called iconv that is > >>> on the latest macs. It had a '-c' flag that was supposed to > >>> simply not add the characters that would not convert to the encoding > >>> you are shooting for.. however, I think my database was too messed > >>> up already for that to work. > >>> > >>> ..now going back to an old database, then rebuild from there. :-/ > >>> ...not what I wanted to do on late friday. > >>> > >>> Donovan > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Donovan Brooke > >>> WebDNA Software Corporation > >>> http://www.webdna.us > >>> **[Square Bracket Utopia]** > >>> --------------------------------------------------------- > >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > >>> the mailing list . > >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >>> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > >>> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ > >>> Bug Reporting: http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=topics&category=288 > >> --------------------------------------------------------- > >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > >> the mailing list . > >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > >> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ > >> Bug Reporting: http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=topics&category=288 > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > the mailing list . > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > > old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ > > Bug Reporting: http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=topics&category=288 > > . > > > Kenneth Grome

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