Tag Archives: utf-8

What is Unicode?

Posted on 8 October 2012 by James Reuben Knowles

A brief explanation of Unicode and UTF encoding methods. Continue reading →

Posted in Programming | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Handy Unicode Tools

Posted on 2 October 2012 by James Reuben Knowles

In my internationalization and localization work, I have to ensure that UTF-8 is being correctly generated and stored. The hixie.ch UTF-8 decoder is very flexible on the input it accepts and shows the internals of the decoding. The rishida.net conversion … Continue reading →

Posted in Programming | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Importing UTF-8 into MySQL

Posted on 23 February 2009 by System Administrator

The MySQL command line tool does not correctly handle UTF-8 encoded source files by default. Here is how to import UTF-8 text without mangling it. Continue reading →

Posted in SysAdmin | Tagged , | Leave a comment