Duncan wrote: > uh oh - we are talking cf5 here. hopefully not for too long, 6.1 is on the > horizon for our production sites, and after we resolve some bugs with 7 and > COM we will be there too.
then wait. you're likely storing data as raw utf-8 which makes collation, searching, etc. almost useless. when you make the move to 6 you'll have to re-do the data. moving i18n cf5 to mx hurts. > So here it is, we are trying to do this on cf5 right now. can you wait and do the upgrade first? if not be prepared to re-do the db which could be as "simple" as a cfhttp call to the cf5 box or some kind of gut-wrenching data re-entry project (say you mixed encodings between raw utf-8, codepage encodings, etc.). > One more thing is that I have discovered is that unless I specify > <cfprocessingdirective pageencoding="utf-8"> on the page the characters are i'm not following, that tag's not part of cf5. > displayed in the wierdest fashion. then your pages/data aren't utf-8 encoded somewhere along the line. > Does this mean that browsers dont take much notice of this? > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> no, cf ignores this (though i recommend adding/keeping it for brain dead spiders, screen readers, etc. and as a forensic clue to the original encoding intent--charset detection has come a long way but it's not perfect). also some browsers won't swap according to the web page's encoding (or if it's "ambiguous"). they'll always run w/the user defined one. or if set to "auto" the browser may guess wrong based on conflicting "encoding hints". > or is there some sort of hierarchy? or does it have something to do with the > way they were stored? without knowing everything, could be your encoding is out-of-sync somewhere. which is why you should be chanting over & over "just use unicode"...."just use unicode"..."just use unicode"...until that's how you reply to any questions asked of you ;-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:220103 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
