AW: error in revdb_connect with special chars in path

[Tiemo Hollmann TB]

Noop, good idea, but didn't worked :(
I think this issue must have come up a hundred times with all german,
french, and other special sign rev programmers if this is not a current
bug!?
Thanks
Tiemo

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> bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Mark Schonewille
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 19. August 2008 09:46
> An: How to use Revolution
> Betreff: Re: error in revdb_connect with special chars in path
> 
> Hi Tiemo,
> 
> I don't know whether this will work, but you might try
> unidecode(uniencode(gPfadDB),"UTF8") and keep your fingers crossed.
> 
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> On 19 aug 2008, at 09:35, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > Win XP, Rev 2.9. I just detected that revdb_connect has problems with
> > special chars in the db path. When having a special sign - in my
> > case german
> > umlaut - the revdb_connect fails. A path with standard chars works
> > perfect.
> > I coded:
> >
> > put revdb_connect("sqlite",gPfadDB & "lexikon.db",,,,) into gConID
> >
> > where the path in gPfadDB has a german umlaut. I also tested the
> > standalone
> > with the same effect. Is it really that I have to tell my customers
> > they
> > can't use german chars in their installation path or is there any
> > workaround?
> >
> > Thanks for any tipp
> >
> > Tiemo
> >
> 
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