Comments on: quick fix for mysql character set issues http://krisgale.com/quick-fix-for-mysql-character-set-issues/ meanderings of a computer scientist on the brink of sheer insanity. Sat, 19 May 2012 21:51:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: JHollanti http://krisgale.com/quick-fix-for-mysql-character-set-issues/#comment-3177 JHollanti Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:53:49 +0000 http://krisgale.com/quick-fix-for-mysql-character-set-issues/#comment-3177 It sure did help atleast me. Thanks a bunch! It sure did help atleast me. Thanks a bunch!

]]> By: TN http://krisgale.com/quick-fix-for-mysql-character-set-issues/#comment-3096 TN Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:53:11 +0000 http://krisgale.com/quick-fix-for-mysql-character-set-issues/#comment-3096 YES !! Brilliant solution. Works perfectly. THX! TN YES !!

Brilliant solution. Works perfectly.

THX!

TN

]]> By: krisgale http://krisgale.com/quick-fix-for-mysql-character-set-issues/#comment-607 krisgale Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:37:28 +0000 http://krisgale.com/quick-fix-for-mysql-character-set-issues/#comment-607 not just mysql+php, i'd have to say i've always had similar issues in coldfusion and jsp... the database libraries in web scripting languages/platforms really do just provide basic hooks to your database, the rest is left to the developer... though i agree that this stinks, i can't think of any elegant solutions, especially when it comes to cleansing data prior to an INSERT or UPDATE. in some cases it's better that it requires implicit value-by-value preparation because otherwise you might eliminate tokens that are useful elsewhere in your code. nature of the beast. not just mysql+php, i’d have to say i’ve always had similar issues in coldfusion and jsp… the database libraries in web scripting languages/platforms really do just provide basic hooks to your database, the rest is left to the developer… though i agree that this stinks, i can’t think of any elegant solutions, especially when it comes to cleansing data prior to an INSERT or UPDATE. in some cases it’s better that it requires implicit value-by-value preparation because otherwise you might eliminate tokens that are useful elsewhere in your code. nature of the beast.

]]> By: Jay Moiron http://krisgale.com/quick-fix-for-mysql-character-set-issues/#comment-530 Jay Moiron Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:19:19 +0000 http://krisgale.com/quick-fix-for-mysql-character-set-issues/#comment-530 Is there anything particularly wrong w/ Pear::DB? One thing that always chafed my balls about PHP is that none of the DB functionality actually works properly without understanding the vast cultural scaffolding you have to surround it with; requiring manual escaping of data (with several escape functions that don't actually work littering the stdlib), manually creating db handles, and just all of the error recovery that comes with literally every step of grabbing data from a db. I haven't touched a database in a while, and in fact I've been looking at non-relational alternatives to classic SQL databases recently and liking what I am seeing tremendously. Read more at my blog link. Is there anything particularly wrong w/ Pear::DB?

One thing that always chafed my balls about PHP is that none of the DB functionality actually works properly without understanding the vast cultural scaffolding you have to surround it with; requiring manual escaping of data (with several escape functions that don’t actually work littering the stdlib), manually creating db handles, and just all of the error recovery that comes with literally every step of grabbing data from a db.

I haven’t touched a database in a while, and in fact I’ve been looking at non-relational alternatives to classic SQL databases recently and liking what I am seeing tremendously. Read more at my blog link.

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