UTF8 conversion

[Former Member]

Is there any way to convert some column from iso to utf8?

Something like... SELECT Id, UTF8(Name FROM table;

I need because JSON issue, i need to convert it in PHP using utf8 funcions... I'd like to receive the data already converted.

[former_SQLA_member1694886]

Did you try CSCONVERT?

[johnsmirnios]

Also consider casting the column to NCHAR using TO_NCHAR( col ) or CAST( col as NCHAR ). You can also then manipulate the string as UTF8 within the database server itself as needed. I'm expecting (though I haven't tried it) that JSON will do "the right thing" with NCHAR values.

-john.

[MarkCulp]

Vincent has pointed you in the right direction in his comment to your question.

If you want to convert your data from database character to UTF8 then using

set @utf8_data = csconvert( @your_db_char_data, 'utf8' );

will convert @your_db_char_data from the database character set to UTF8.

For more information on the csconvert function see http://dcx.sybase.com/index.html#1101en/dbreference_en11/csconvert-alphabetical-functions.html

[Breck_Carter]

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[Breck_Carter]

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