Re: Updating fields from different platforms
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 18975
interpreted = N
texte = >>...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... > > >If nobody has a ready-made conversion db, I think you will have to ask >someone typing the characters on a PC into a form. Then you will see what >you get and expand your conversion table. I did it for german language, but >we do not have as many special characters like you. Fortunately I did not >get cross-referenced values for Mac and PC.Creating a conversions.db is no problem, just a matter of typing in the ASCII tables.My problem is that I don't know what to do with the conversions.db so that FORM data is always stored the same way no matter what platform edits the record.Thanks 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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>>...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... > > >If nobody has a ready-made conversion db, I think you will have to ask >someone typing the characters on a PC into a form. Then you will see what >you get and expand your conversion table. I did it for german language, but >we do not have as many special characters like you. Fortunately I did not >get cross-referenced values for Mac and PC.Creating a conversions.db is no problem, just a matter of typing in the ASCII tables.My problem is that I don't know what to do with the conversions.db so that FORM data is always stored the same way no matter what platform edits the record.Thanks 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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