Re: UTF Problems

>
>
> Hi
>
> I have the same problem...
>
> I have a MySQL database where i can save Rusian characters using
> PHPMyAdmin
> or "MySQL Query Browser", and i can see the characters all right.
>
> When i try to save or read russian characters in the MySQL database using
> my
> ASP .NET web application, the process fails. The data saved in MySQL
> results
> in characters like this "? ? ? ? ?".
>
> The fact is that i test my ASP .NET application with a microssoft access
> database, and it works ok, saving and reading the russian characters ok.
>
> I install MySQL allowing multilanguage, so it is supposed to use utf8. I
> check the table deffinition where i want to save the data, and it is of
> course as utf8.
>
> I supposed it could be sommething in the connection string like that you
> explain in here, but i try to insert the "charset=utf8" in the connection
> string and it doesn't work neither. The current connection string i'm
> using
> is this:
>
> "DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 3.51
>
> Driver};SERVER=MyServerHere;DATABASE=MyDatabaseHere;UID=MyUserHere;PASSWORD=MyPasswordHere;OPTION=3;charset=utf8"
>
> I tried some changes to this string, like adding "pooling", or delete
> "option", but nothing works...
>
> I'm near to desesperation, becouse i don't know what else can i try :(
>
> Please, any idea there??
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Tomas
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