I am building an RSS feed from a database. Occasionally the XML file will stop working and when I look at it the problem is the fact that I am including a character that UTF8 does not understand. An example can be found at
As the information with which I am working oftentimes contains names foreign to English, I can correct this by changing to the "Americanized" version so that the feed will validate and work properly, but I would much rather hold the information as intended.
What encoding should I use in an attempt to allow as many foreign characters as possible? It looks like "US-ASCII" will allow the file to display but it mangles the questionable characters.
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers -
george
As the information with which I am working oftentimes contains names foreign to English, I can correct this by changing to the "Americanized" version so that the feed will validate and work properly, but I would much rather hold the information as intended.
What encoding should I use in an attempt to allow as many foreign characters as possible? It looks like "US-ASCII" will allow the file to display but it mangles the questionable characters.
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers -
george