salams - 1. i use iconv to deal with this (iconv -f windows-1256 -t utf-8 filename > output) for example.
2. i wrote a script a while back to convert the arabeyes xml files into a particular db schema... with later versions of mysql while inserting utf8, don't forget to do a query first of "set names 'utf8'" -- this was often a problem i ran into. 3. if you'd like, i can send you the code (its in java written a while back). wsalams. -ahmed On Fri, 2006-06-23 at 11:41 -0400, Tasmeea Noor wrote: > Hello, > > 1) I had similar situation. I created the table in utf-8 characterset. > So it overrides the database level configuration. > > 2) Does any one know the standard method of loading Arabic data file > into table ? When I use form to enter Arabic data it works fine. But > this is time consuming. I tried to use comma delimited files, but it > did not work. I used phpmyadmin. > > 3) Does anyone know how to get soft copy of Arabic Quran, which I can > load into tables ? > > Thanks, Tasmeea > > > > > On 6/23/06, uttam hoode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi all, > i have a perl cgi form which takes arabic data and enters into > a table. Form is encoded in windows 1256(arabic) > charset.....but in the database the arabic data is stored in > html entity format(&#xxxx)......i want to store the data as it > is......... > > attribute type is VARCHAR2 and database charset is > AR8MSWIN1256..... > > is there any SQL parameter to do so?.... > > Regards, > > uttam > > _______________________________________________ > Developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/developer > > _______________________________________________ > Developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/developer
_______________________________________________ Developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/developer
