Re: [GENERAL] Postgres, apps, special characters and UTF-8 encoding

2017-03-08 Thread Albe Laurenz
Ken Tanzer wrote: > Hi. I've got a recurring problem with character encoding for a > Postgres-based web PHP app, and am > hoping someone can clue me in or at least point me in the right direction. > I'll confess upfront my > understanding of encoding issues is extremely limited. Here goes. >

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres, apps, special characters and UTF-8 encoding

2017-03-07 Thread vinny
On 2017-03-08 00:20, Ken Tanzer wrote: Hi. I've got a recurring problem with character encoding for a Postgres-based web PHP app, and am hoping someone can clue me in or at least point me in the right direction. I'll confess upfront my understanding of encoding issues is extremely limited. Her

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres, apps, special characters and UTF-8 encoding

2017-03-07 Thread rob stone
Hi Ken, On Tue, 2017-03-07 at 15:20 -0800, Ken Tanzer wrote: > Hi.  I've got a recurring problem with character encoding for a > Postgres-based web PHP app, and am hoping someone can clue me in or > at least point me in the right direction.  I'll confess upfront my > understanding of encoding issu

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres, apps, special characters and UTF-8 encoding

2017-03-07 Thread Adrian Klaver
On 03/07/2017 03:20 PM, Ken Tanzer wrote: Hi. I've got a recurring problem with character encoding for a Postgres-based web PHP app, and am hoping someone can clue me in or at least point me in the right direction. I'll confess upfront my understanding of encoding issues is extremely limited.

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres, apps, special characters and UTF-8 encoding

2017-03-07 Thread David G. Johnston
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 4:20 PM, Ken Tanzer wrote: > As I understand it, those are likely encoded in something non-UTF-8, like > WIN-1251 or something. And that one way or another, the encoding needs to > be translated before it can be placed into the database. I'm not clear how > this is suppos

[GENERAL] Postgres, apps, special characters and UTF-8 encoding

2017-03-07 Thread Ken Tanzer
Hi. I've got a recurring problem with character encoding for a Postgres-based web PHP app, and am hoping someone can clue me in or at least point me in the right direction. I'll confess upfront my understanding of encoding issues is extremely limited. Here goes. The app uses a Postgres database