From: hongseok.yoon@...
Date: 2006-07-12T13:50:17+09:00
Subject: Problem with adding a new record into MySQL DB

MySQL DB's character-set is UTF8 and RoR(Ruby on Rails)'s database.yml
has a line 'encoding: utf8'.
If I add a new record using RoR's new action via Web Browser, Korean is
stored without problem.
If I set fiels explicitly like 'MyActionRecord['fieldname'] = '<some
Korean letters>', and invoke save method... yes, it works, but Korean
is not saved correctly. English was okay with same code.

How can I convert Korean letters to UTF8 characters? I did many tries
and finally I'm here.

irb(main):001:0> "한글"    <-- I can't sure you guys can see this
letter. They are just two Korean letters.
=> "\307\321\261\333"     <--- What the hell.....T^T
irb(main):002:0> "aaa"     <--- English, of course.
=> "aaa"                        <--- No problem. - -

Please help...