Hi Adrian Thanks a lot! After spending the day checking all sorts of things you saved my day :)
-> I just added the unit 'cwstring' and now it works. Thanks & good day Cheers, Peter ---------------------- Peter Broennimann Untergasse 11 a CH-8476 Unterstammheim Switzerland ---------------------- 2013/4/10 Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@gmail.com> > On 04/10/2013 02:53 AM, P. Broennimann wrote: > >> Hi there >> >> I am using PG 9.2 and 'pg_database' shows 'en_US.UTF-8'. >> >> I have a text 'Piqué' but this is shown in my application as 'Piqu?' so >> I was wondering where the problem is? >> >> I am using Devart's 'PostgreSQL Data Access Components' to access PG >> from FreePascal. >> >> In my FreePascal code I do use AnsiStrings and I cast the database >> results/text 'UTF8ToAnsi(...)' >> >> Thanks for a hint! >> > > Just guessing, but from FreePascal docs: > > http://www.freepascal.org/**docs-html/rtl/system/**utf8toansi.html<http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/system/utf8toansi.html> > > " > Description > > Utf8ToAnsi converts an utf8-encode unicode string to an ansistring. It > converts the string to a widestring and then converts the widestring to an > ansistring. > > For this function to work, a widestring manager must be installed. > " > > Is there a widestring manager? > > > http://www.freepascal.org/**docs-html/rtl/system/** > setwidestringmanager.html<http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/system/setwidestringmanager.html> > > >> Cheers, >> P. >> >> >> > > -- > Adrian Klaver > adrian.kla...@gmail.com >
