From: 7stud -- Date: 2012-09-19T02:29:50+09:00 Subject: Re: Encoding question > I don't know yet, how to determine the encoding of those uploaded > files... Well, imagine you are interviewing for a job as a translator. The employer has some documents he wants you to translate into English, and he want to hire you to translate them. Before you accept the job, you ask, "What languages are the documents written in?" The employer replies, "All kinds of different languages! Can you finish by next week?" How would you respond to that answer? Wouldn't you think to yourself, "This guy is crazy." The bottom line is: you have to know what 'language' a document you are reading is written in, so that you can 'hire' the appropriate translator, i.e. tell ruby what encoding to use. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.