On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 03:37:01PM -0500, Todd Gruben wrote:
what are valid characters that can go into the char fields? i am trying to migrate from mysql 4.1 and my data doesn't make it in. If i strip out some the the characters it makes it. The string is C�e dIvoire. which is the ivory coast. its a pain to clense, but i just wanted to know what a valid character is.
Valid characters are UTF-8 characters. It seems your string isn't valid utf-8 (at least my mail agent doesn't understand it). Niels
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