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You may use _utf8 0xXXXXXX form of input, where is 0xXXXX - hexademical representation of your japanese string (each unicode character has it's own hexademical value). For an example see: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Charset-literal.html >hi >i want to do a insert query which contains utf 8 (japanese characters) >characters in the database but surprisingly when i done this it stores ??? >and also when i retrieves it fails to give actual picture >iam using mysql 4.1.b alpha using mysqlcc as my editor and dos promt > >looking for your kind help > >DD >TATA INFOTECH LTD >"Deepankar Das" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.NET http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Gleb Paharenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.NET <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]