You are right i was got confused basically i am encrypting using AES and then encoding using Base64 some where in this process the extended ascii charecters got converted to "?" charcter
is there a good reading material to know how differnt encrypting and encoding implentations support extended chareters? Regards ----- Original Message ---- From: Adrian Mitev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Jakarta Commons Users List <commons-user@jakarta.apache.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 10:44:42 PM Subject: Re: Base 64 encoding Generally base64 encoding is used to convert binary files to ascii. 2007/2/21, Venky Vasant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hello > > A file when it is encoded using Apache's Base64 and stored in database > (sqlserver), all the blank spaces (whitespaces) <td> </td> are converted to > "?" > For example: > <td> </td> is a white space between a html tag with > > database used is MSSqlserver2000 > > > Thanks > Venkat > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time > with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never Miss an Email Stay connected with Yahoo! Mail on your mobile. Get started! http://mobile.yahoo.com/services?promote=mail