Indeed, probably another great thing it would  be if I could configure
Seaside to directly send me utf8 strings from the input taken on a
form´s entry fields.
Is it possible?


On 5/13/07, Ramiro Diaz Trepat <ramirodt at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Todd and Marcelo,
>    I am using Squeak 3.9.
>    I know about how to set the encoding on postgres.  Indeed, utf8 is
> the encoding I need on the database.
>    What I want to know is if there is any place on the Postgres, Glorp
> or MagritteGlorp packages where I could configure for the strings to
> be translated to Squeak´s default (I think it´s iso).
>    If I have, for example a Person on Glorp, and I want to set a last
> name like mine Díaz (with an accented vowel), coming from a Magritte
> form for instance, on the setter I translate it to UTF8 (#isoToUtf8)
> before I assign it to my class i.var.  And it gets stored on the
> database with no errors.  Later on, when Glorp "hydrates" my instance,
> of course it brings a weird string like  "DÃ≈az", instead of "Díaz".
>    Of course I would love that conversion to happen automatically with
> a little configuration.
>    Otherwise, what are you guys doing?
>
>
>
> On 5/13/07, marcelo Cortez <jmdc_marcelo at yahoo.com.ar> wrote:
> > Ramiro
> >
> >  I'm postgres user , i hope help you , postgres
> > encondig can be configurated at database creation,
> > postgres client can configurated using statements
> > SET CLIENT_ENCODING TO 'value';
> > take a look at
> > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/multibyte.html
> > best regards
> > mdc
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Ramiro Diaz Trepat <ramirodt at gmail.com> escribió:
> >
> > > Well... sorry for building this thread by myself.
> > > The issue now is that conversion does not happen
> > > automatically.  I can
> > > properly store a string on a UTF8 database, by
> > > previously converting
> > > it using #isoToUtf8.
> > > But when strings come back after a query (using
> > > Glorp), they are not
> > > converted to iso, and hence they show all screwed
> > > up.
> > > Is there any place in Glorp or the Postgres driver
> > > to configure the
> > > encoding of the underlying database for these
> > > conversions to happen
> > > automatically?
> > > Thanks !
> > >
> > > r.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 5/13/07, Ramiro Diaz Trepat <ramirodt at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > Sorry, it does work.
> > > > I don´t know what happend.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 5/13/07, Ramiro Diaz Trepat
> > > <ramirodt at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > I was unable to use databases with UTF8
> > > encoding, only SQL_ASCII
> > > > > encoding worked for me.
> > > > > is it something trivial to configure that I did
> > > not see or is it a limitation?
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > r.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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