Are there strange characters in the product catalog?

Are there strange characters in the product catalog?

I have a new drop-shipping affiliate website, and receive an exported copy of the product catalog from the wholesaler. I format and import this into Prestashop 1.4.4. The front end of the website contains combinations of strange characters inside product text: Ã, Ã, ¢, â ‚ etc.

Can you remove special characters from SQL Server?

However, when it comes to removing special characters, removal of ASCII Control Characters can be tricky and frustrating. Fortunately, SQL Server ships with additional built-in functions such as CHAR and ASCII that can assist in automatically detecting and replacing ASCII Control Characters.

Why are there strange characters in database text?

Update: Based on your last comment, the core of the problem is that you have a database and a data source (the CSV file) which use different encoding. Hence you can convert your database in UTF-8 or, at least, when you get the data that are in the CSV, you have to convert them from UTF-8 to latin1.

Why do I get strange characters in MySQL?

If the charset of the tables is the same as it’s content try to use mysql_set_charset (‘UTF8’, $link_identifier). Note that MySQL uses UTF8 to specify the UTF-8 encoding instead of UTF-8 which is more common. Check my other answer on a similar question too. This is surely an encoding problem.

How to do a code listing in latex?

Code listing 1 The verbatim environment. The default tool to display code in LaTeX is verbatim, which generates an output in monospaced font. 2 Using listings to highlight code. 3 Importing code from a file. 4 Code styles and colours. 5 Captions and the list of Listings. 6 Reference guide.

What are the strange characters in SQL Backup?

Opening the SQL backup file in a text editor shows that the SQL backup file has strange characters such as “sà ¥”. On a side note, you may get different results if opening the same file in another editor.