Updating fields from different platforms
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numero = 18967
interpreted = N
texte = Hi guys,I am having a problem that I hope you can help me out with.I need to setup a site, in which authorized users are allowed to modify the database. The database has fields in six different languages, and most fields use accented characters.I have setup my own conversions.db file that translates Mac characters to HTML code. It all works fine, as long as the user is using a Macintosh Browser. The problem occurs when a PC user tries to update the database...Even if I use a
at the top of all pages, PC users just see garbage characters in the database fields. And if they enter new data in the field with accents, they are stored in the db as PC accents...I have also tried using [input][theField][/input], but that does not work either.How can I make the FORM that updates the db always store Mac encoded characters?Thanks in advance for your help, Charles_______________________________________________________________ Institut Balear de Comunicacions, S.L. Gremio Tejedores 22, 1 07009 Palma de Mallorca, Spain _____________________________________________ Tel: +34 971.43.12.77 Fax: +34 971.43.08.18 E-mail: ckefauver@ibacom.es URL: http://www.ibacom.es/ _____________________________________________ Public PGP signature (Clave publica PGP): http://www.ibacom.es/PGP/kefauver.txt _______________________________________________________________
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Hi guys,I am having a problem that I hope you can help me out with.I need to setup a site, in which authorized users are allowed to modify the database. The database has fields in six different languages, and most fields use accented characters.I have setup my own conversions.db file that translates Mac characters to HTML code. It all works fine, as long as the user is using a Macintosh Browser. The problem occurs when a PC user tries to update the database...Even if I use a
at the top of all pages, PC users just see garbage characters in the database fields. And if they enter new data in the field with accents, they are stored in the db as PC accents...I have also tried using
[input][theField][/input], but that does not work either.How can I make the FORM that updates the db always store Mac encoded characters?Thanks in advance for your help, Charles_______________________________________________________________ Institut Balear de Comunicacions, S.L. Gremio Tejedores 22, 1 07009 Palma de Mallorca, Spain _____________________________________________ Tel: +34 971.43.12.77 Fax: +34 971.43.08.18 E-mail: ckefauver@ibacom.es URL: http://www.ibacom.es/ _____________________________________________ Public PGP signature (Clave publica PGP): http://www.ibacom.es/PGP/kefauver.txt _______________________________________________________________
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