On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 6:32 AM, mike pop <mikepoplaw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've been struggling with a cf8 and database issue involving japanese > characters for almost 2 weeks now. > > using cf8 and either mysql server or microsoft sql server 2008 express > (both give me the same result), i am attempting to insert/update records > containing japanese text. > > the japanese text doesn't insert into the database, only ?? (questions > marks get inserted) > Here is the link to the Adobe knowledge base entry on encoding: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/165/tn_16597.html Plus, this link on UNICODE from the European Commission Information Provider's Guide, which discusses Coldfusion and encoding: http://ec.europa.eu/ipg/standards/other/standard_unicode_en.htm My blog entries on handling characters with diacritics may, or may not, be of any help: http://speeves.erikin.com/2009/06/coldfusion-postgresql-prepare-norwegian.html http://speeves.erikin.com/2009/06/coldfusion-encodedecode-diacriticals.html http://speeves.erikin.com/2009/06/coldfusion-replace-html-ized-characters.html Take care, speeves ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:323334 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4