Inserting and displaying unicode data in VB.Net and MySQL

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Hi friends

Im in a trouble with unicode , vb.net , and mysql

Im trying to save some indic (Indian) language data in unicode ,

And the mySQL table structure is some thing like

<br />
create table names_collection<br />
(<br />
name_en varchar(50),<br />
name_il varchar(150) charset 'utf8'<br />
)<br />

when i try to insert the data , using a mysql procedure , and mysql connectors mysqlcommand, its inserting data but when I fill it in datagridview using dataset and selectting the universal unicode font
Arial Unicode MS , Im geting some junk chars in unicode filed

Could any any one ,help me with some sample code , for unicode/vb/mysql combination

regards
john

Posted 28-Jan-10 17:06pm

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5 solutions

Solution 1

I thought nvarchar was unicode ? VB strings are all unicode. Why use UTF8, mightn't that just confuse things ?

Posted 28-Jan-10 17:36pm

Christian Graus

Solution 2

Christian is correct - change the datatype of your fields to nVarChar(50) and nVarChar(150) respectively.

Drop the charset 'utf8' stuff.

Posted 28-Jan-10 18:36pm

Andy_L_J

Solution 4

I think so. Please change your datatype in your database as seeing in solution 2

Posted 24-Jul-11 18:43pm

bunthet

Solution 5

In connection string add this
character set=utf8;

Thank You

Posted 15-Oct-12 13:53pm

convo.sandesh

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[no name] 15-Oct-12 20:08pm

Congratulations! The question was answered over a year ago and all you had to do is copy the accepted solution. Well done.

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Member 485069 · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-24T00:21:00

Solution 3

Append ;charset=utf8 to connection string
all is going to be fine

regards
john

Posted 24-Jul-11 0:21am

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