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Old 06-18-2012, 05:55 PM   PM User | #1
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getting upside down question Mark when pasting data with dash " - "

Hi guys ,


i have a CF form and i have a CLOB field where i have to paste some text in there. everything works fine except that when i load the data i fugured out that some special characters pasted there are converted into upside down question marks.


Any help on that ?


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Old 07-03-2012, 03:50 PM   PM User | #2
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Are you setting the charset?
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Yes utf-8 set in the webpage header.

Or is there another way to set that differently ?


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If you access the data directly, are the upside-down question marks in there? If so, there's your issue; if not, then it's the browser that's doing it.
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Hi ,
The upside down symbol are also in the database

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