Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 07/11/06 12:04

eugenio@iatmgu.com wrote:
> Hi...not sure if this is the right group for this posting, but i'm
> don't know where else to post. I've got a simple problem...I have a
> linux box running apache 2.0 and php5. I'm trying to use the mssql
> functions in php to retreive data from a mssql server 2k. I'm pulling
> data from the customers table in the northwind db and i'm getting
> strange characters instead of special characters. Below is a sample
> output:
>
> (where the quotes are i get a question mark)
> What I'm getting:
>
> ALFKI - Alfreds Futterkiste - Maria Anders
> ANATR - Ana Trujillo Emparedados y helados - Ana Trujillo
> ANTON - Antonio Moreno Taquer?a - Antonio Moreno
> AROUT - Around the Horn - Thomas Hardy
> BERGS - Berglunds snabbk?p - Christina Berglund
>
>
> What I should get:
>
> ALFKI - Alfreds Futterkiste - Maria Anders
> ANATR - Ana Trujillo Emparedados y helados - Ana Trujillo
> ANTON - Antonio Moreno Taquería - Antonio Moreno
> AROUT - Around the Horn - Thomas Hardy
> BERGS - Berglunds snabbköp - Christina Berglund
>

What charset are you using for your page? And what does the page source
show?

Probably alt.html might have been a better group to start, but this one
is a logical choice.

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