Re: Convert strings with unknown encodings to html (fix your database)

Lots of people have this problem, they put junk in the database, and then hope they can get it all back correctly , wishful thinking

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Re^2: Convert strings with unknown encodings to html (fix your database) by Pascal666 (Scribe) on Jun 30, 2015 at 19:22 UTC
Encoding::FixLatin does appear to be what I was looking for. I replaced the two noted lines with: `$in[$_] = fix_latin($in[$_]) for 0..9;` and everything converted correctly. I integrated this fix into my main program and again everything seems to be converting correctly. Thank you for your assistance.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Convert strings with unknown encodings to html by Anonymous Monk on Jul 01, 2015 at 01:42 UTC
Great, next step should be to track down all the programs that are putting junk inside the database, fix them to put in the correct stuff then backup database, and go ahead and fix_latin the whole database, so fix_latin is no longer needed in your display program then your database will just have correct data	[reply]