Re: Placing html entities into database?

[Merlin <news.groups@xxxxxx>]

Viacheslav Kaloshin wrote:
> 2 possible solutions:
> 1 - use latest versions (4.1) of mysql and UTF-8 encoding.

I am using 4.0.18 and the data look korrekt when retriefed out of the database.
I did not enable any kind of encodeing. Is there a downfall in how I am doing 
it, which I just now do not notice?

Regards,

Merlin



> 2(bad) - before storing encode all string to base64 or something like this :-)
>
> On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 10:29:20 +0100, Merlin <news.groups@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I am wondering how to store special characters like the german ö for example
> > into a mysql db. Should the characters somehow be transforemd into html entities
> > like &ouml;? What are the benefits if it works without them as well?
> >
> > Thank you for any hint,
> >
> > Merlin
> >
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