How to force UTF-8 coming from database?

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darrel

I'm having a hell of a time getting a valid RSS feed created. From what I've
discovered, my RSS XML has to be UTF-8 encoded for IE to know what to do
with it.

I can't force this using the XMLWriter as, apparently, if the data is
UTF-16, XMLWriter goes ahead and changes the encoding for me.

So, I need to handle this a the DB query end. Is there a way to retrieve the
data as UTF-8? Or are there any other suggestions as to where/how to get the
data into UTF-8 format?

-Darrel
 
there is no need to change the database. you can set the encoding of the
output stream when you create the writer.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)
 
there is no need to change the database. you can set the encoding of the
output stream when you create the writer.
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So it DOESN'T override if it's UTF-16? I was told it does, but you seem to
be correct. THANKS!

-Darrel
 
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