Hi Steve,
> I'm trying to export data from mysql 4.1.3 with mysqldump.
>
> I'm getting weird characters from the system. Here's what I've discovered
> so far:
>
> ' becomes ^À^Ù, e.g. didn't becomes didnâ^À^Ùt
>
> - becomes â^À^Ó, e.g. 1-2 becomes 1â^À^Ó2
>
> è becomes è, e.g. Entrèe becomes Entrèe
>
> What gives?
Looks like an application of the GIGO (Garbage In, Garbage Out)
principle to me. The above data wouldn't have happened to come from a
Microsoft Office application, would it?
Looks like "Smart Quotes" etc., strikes again, to me.
Regards,
Jeremy
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Jeremy Cole
Technical Yahoo - MySQL (Database) Geek
