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**tyme** · August 21, 2006, 03:12 PM

WordA ==) ??*
WordB ==) ?*?

I think you're pasting unicode. Don't do that for right now. I'll try converting the database to utf-8 tonight to see if that fixes everything.

Or do you mean like

貳
貽
that? Are those two characters graphic question marks in your browser?

August 21, 2006, 03:12 PM	#2
tyme Staff Join Date: October 13, 2001 Posts: 3,355	WordA ==) ??* WordB ==) ?*? I think you're pasting unicode. Don't do that for right now. I'll try converting the database to utf-8 tonight to see if that fixes everything. Or do you mean like 貳貽 that? Are those two characters graphic question marks in your browser? __________________ “The egg hatched...” “...the egg hatched... and a hundred baby spiders came out...” (blade runner) “Who are you?” “A friend. I'm here to prevent you from making a mistake.” “You have no idea what I'm doing here, friend.” “In specific terms, no, but I swore an oath to protect the world...” (continuum) “It's a goal you won't understand until later. Your job is to make sure he doesn't achieve the goal.” (bsg)