I think I have found the problem: Doing Select @@character_set_database , results, client and connection it all returns latin1
I tried set character_set_xxxxx = utf8; for them all but it did not work, they stayed latin1 and need to be utf8 Any ideas how to change this? Thanks, James ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gleb Paharenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <mysql@lists.mysql.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 11:16 AM Subject: Re: French Characters, Still no answer > Hello. > > > Also when we use EMS mysqlmanager to view the data, it is fine, it is only > > when it comes back to the tomcat server it seems. > > That means that data on the server is ok. Check the values of your > character_set_client, character_set_connection and character_set_results > variables from Tomcat's application. See: > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/charset-connection.html > > > > If no one has anymore ideas I think our best route is to dump it, install > > 4.0 on this server and import it back in. > > Perform an import so that all fields in your table have an utf8 character > set. And tune properly the connection variables. > > > "James Sherwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry, dont know how I missed: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/187794 > > > > The old msql was 4.0 and the new one is 4.1. > > > > When we first imported the data the database was in latin1(my mistake) and > > we put it into production as everything seemed to work fine. > > > > We have one site that uses french characters sometimes and they compained 1 > > week later. By that time it was too late to roll back so now we have this > > problem. > > > > We tried converting the database over to Utf8 but it did not seem to fully > > work. > > > > We can put the french characters in, even from the tomcat server, but when > > they come back out to the webpage(we have a content management system) they > > are garbled. > > > > One night we did some testing and hooked the tomcat to the old database and > > everything worked fine with french characters so it has to be the new > > database. > > > > If no one has anymore ideas I think our best route is to dump it, install > > 4.0 on this server and import it back in. > > > > Everything looks ok as far as Utf8 on the tables and such, I feel that we > > are just missing one key thing that is garbling the characters. > > > > Also when we use EMS mysqlmanager to view the data, it is fine, it is only > > when it comes back to the tomcat server it seems. > > > > Thanks for your ideas thus far, > > James > > > > > > > -- > 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] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
