Re: Encoding nightmare! Pls help!

Paul, thanks for the link - I'll have a read.

I've tried (probably incorrectly) setting various JVM locales/encodings,
and I still get the same rubbish output.

Perhaps a good night's sleep will help!

John

Paul Thomas said:
>
> On 02/02/2004 18:44 John Sidney-Woollett wrote:
>> [snip]
>> Can anyone explain what I am doing wrong? I have become so confused by
>> all
>> this, that I don't think I can see the problem straight anymore.
>>
>> How can I read and write unicode chars into the db. Is there some magick
>> parameter that needs to be passed when setting up the connection/driver?
>>
>> Thanks for any/all help!!
>>
>> John Sidney-Woollett
>
> A total shot in the dark but what have you got your JVM Locale/encoding
> set to? I've not had the need to delve too deeply into this area but this
> link might be of some help:
>
> http://java.sun.com/developer/JDCTechTips/2003/tt0110.html
>
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