I think it's more a question of how the data is stored in the database. In my layout i have: <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" /> and in application.rb: config.encoding = "utf-8"
:-) j On 30 Juli, 20:15, Frederick Cheung <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jul 30, 7:00 pm, jeb <[email protected]> wrote: > > > When using the mysql2 gem with my excising databases all non-standard > > chars gets messed up: > > > från is shown as frÃ¥n in the browser > > > Is this possible to fix or do I have to continue using the old mysql- > > gem? > > IIRC mysql2 forces use of utf8. If you're elsewhere telling the > browser that you're using a different character set then you'd get > unwanted results. > > Fred -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
