Re: Updating fields from different platforms
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 19013
interpreted = N
texte = >>>Another solution I am trying now is to asume everyone is a PC, and let >>>the Mac try to be compatible. I have placed: >>>
>>>on all my pages, and I have stored the data in the databases as PC native >>>accented characters. >> >>This is IMO the best approach. Assume everyone is using ISO-8859-1, which >>is the most used charset on the net. >> >>[SETMIMEHEADER name=Content-Type&value=text/html; charset=iso-8859-1] >>[SETMIMEHEADER name=charset&value=iso-8859-1] >> >>Use them both for max compability. > >I agree with you, I think this is the best setup so far. The only thing >that bothers me about it is having an all Mac shop and having to use a PC >format... :-)You can of course store them as Mac format by using [CONVERTCHARS]. It's only a matter of what's more convinient. Our policy is to store dbs only maintained via a webinterface as ISO-8859-1 and dbs maintained by uploaded files as the character set used by the client.>>But. Force the use of it by WebCat [SETMIMEHEADER] tag instead of the >>
tag, it's cleaner and you avoid the page being loaded twice. > >Thanks a million! You just told me the misterious reason why some of >my pages always load twice! I will definately use [SETMIMEHEADER] from >now on.:-) ************************************************************* Christer Olsson Stora Nygatan 21 Phone +46 40 791 50 Art director S-211 37 Malmoe Fax +46 40 97 99 77 Ljusa Ideer AB Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se
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>>>Another solution I am trying now is to asume everyone is a PC, and let >>>the Mac try to be compatible. I have placed: >>>
>>>on all my pages, and I have stored the data in the databases as PC native >>>accented characters. >> >>This is IMO the best approach. Assume everyone is using ISO-8859-1, which >>is the most used charset on the net. >> >>[SETMIMEHEADER name=Content-Type&value=text/html; charset=iso-8859-1] >>[SETMIMEHEADER name=charset&value=iso-8859-1] >> >>Use them both for max compability. > >I agree with you, I think this is the best setup so far. The only thing >that bothers me about it is having an all Mac shop and having to use a PC >format... :-)You can of course store them as Mac format by using
[convertchars]. It's only a matter of what's more convinient. Our policy is to store dbs only maintained via a webinterface as ISO-8859-1 and dbs maintained by uploaded files as the character set used by the client.>>But. Force the use of it by WebCat
[setmimeheader] tag instead of the >>
tag, it's cleaner and you avoid the page being loaded twice. > >Thanks a million! You just told me the misterious reason why some of >my pages always load twice! I will definately use
[setmimeheader] from >now on.:-) ************************************************************* Christer Olsson Stora Nygatan 21 Phone +46 40 791 50 Art director S-211 37 Malmoe Fax +46 40 97 99 77 Ljusa Ideer AB Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se
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