From: Axel Etzold Date: 2007-06-14T16:24:58+09:00 Subject: Re: ruby chinese character encoding problem with SQL Dear Bob, maybe you can use Mysql.escape (see the "Including Special Characters in Statement Strings" of http://www.kitebird.com/articles/ruby-mysql.html to produce proper output. I don't know any Chinese myself, but I had a similar problem with European accents in web page addresses recently. The most elegant solution was to use CGI.escape(string), so maybe something similar will work for you using MySql. Best regards, Axel -- Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! Ideal f�r Modem und ISDN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer