> Sorry if I post in the wrong list, but I've been tortured by the > problem for quite sometime. > > I've been tring for several combinations, say > > BACKEND FRONTEND > > MULE_INTERNAL EUC_TW > BIG5 > EUC_LATIN1 > EUC_TW EUC_TW > BIG5 > EUC_JP > ...... > ..... > > None of them can use varchar as fields, and insert "³\" into the row. > Can anyone help? What is "³\" anyway? Is this a valid member of BIG5 or EUC_TW or whatver? BTW, there is no such an encoding EUC_LATIN1. -- Tatsuo Ishii