Guido Flohr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>ALexander N. Treyner wrote:
>> Hello All,
>> I'm using utf-8 Postgres database, where I save strings in many languages.
>> I have to match the database with strings encoded in mime base64 or
>> quoted-printable format. Like next:
>> =?utf-8?B?15TXoNeUINee16nXlNeZINeR16LXkdeo15nXqi4=?=
>> or
>> =?KOI8-R?Q?=F0=D2=C9=D7=C5=D4=2C_=ED=C9=D2!!!?=
>>
>> I think that I need first convert these strings to utf-8, but I can not
>> find out how to do it.
>
>You are looking for MIME::Words::decode_mimewords().
Encode also has a MIME
Encode::decode('MIME-Header',$tag);
The decode is okay, its version of encode is not compliant.
>The function will
>also give you the charset of the decoded data, and if you are lucky
>enough, that charset will be known to Encode and you can convert it to
>UTF-8. Unfortunately, you will be out of luck for the somewhat common
>case of UTF-7 (unless it is available in Encode by now).
I personaly have never seen anything at all in UTF-7 if it really is
common we can add it to Encode.
>
>Ciao
>
>Guido
