is the column an int?
if this is the case why not you strip the pound sign before inserting.
with PHP you can always add the sign when retrieving.
Hasan
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> When I insert data submitted via a web page into mySQL, the pound (£)
> symbol gets converted to something like &8916.
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> I am using PHP and Apache on the Server side.
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> Has anyone else encountered this strange problem?
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