Sorry, the em dash is 915-199-244, not 915-244-71. a unicode em dash is unicode 2015 .. I'm not sure how these numbers relate though....
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Rick Root <rick.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am getting some data feeds from our SAP system (god help me). Some of > the data contains unicode characters apparently like em dashes and such. > For example, take the following string: > > AMEX ADR Box > > The em dash seems to come through in my text file is 3 characters when I > view it in notepad++ > > IF I open the document in Word, it asks me for a character encoding and I > say UTF 8, and it appears to show the em dash as a single character: > > AMEX ADR (copy paste from word) > > However, when the data is loaded into SQL Server, it goes in as three > characters. unicode 915-199-71 > > In fact, it looks like pretty much all of these special characters start > with unicode 915-199 and then some other character. > > SQL Server 2005 does not support UTF-8 apparently. > > Has anyone run across this problem and implemented some kind of solution? > > My data files are fairly large (1.3GB of data in 26 files), and they are > loaded every night (full replace) > > Rick > > > -- > The beatings will continue until morale improves. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:355154 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
