uTf 8 (request for assistance)

[az_mufti]

I have downloaded the UTF8 language pack
and set the charset=UTF8

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF8" />

but when I write the text in urdu  آوردہ
it appears as
what should I do to rectify this problem
plz help

[Dannii]

You need to convert the database through your admin panel.

[az_mufti]

You need to convert the database through your admin panel.

thanks for your reply

are you talking about
forum maintainance------->convert html entities to UTF8 characters

I have already done that
some other remedy

[aw06]

Maybe you can find the answers in my post .. i had the same problem

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=171172.msg1110887#msg1110887

[az_mufti]

thanks aw06

I tried the following code as advised

Code:

UPDATE smf_members
SET lngfile = CONCAT(lngfile, '-utf8')
WHERE lngfile != ''


and got an error msg

#1146 - Table 'sarazi_UAnjuman.smf_members' doesn't exist

what to do???

[dem..!..rep]

Somehow, probably an error on my part, my forum is set to english-utf8. What a mistake. Addition of mods and themes generally need some work to function correctly with this setting.

I have heard that going back to just english could cause problems. I've tried it on a test site and haven't seen any problems.

My question is - Does anyone know of any issues this may cause down the road if I go from language 'english-utf8' to 'english'?