# AAF, drb and UTF-8

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/aaf-drb-and-utf-8/92992>\
**Category:** Ferret\
**Created:** [April 26, 2007, 12:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/aaf-drb-and-utf-8/92992 "2007-04-26T12:28:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Wiktor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Wiktor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Wiktor)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 12:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/aaf-drb-and-utf-8/92992/1 "2007-04-26T12:28:44Z")

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Hi all,

After switching from “regular” AAF to drb based my app is no longer  
handling nonlatin chars.

Any hints?

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**Author:** ![Wiktor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Wiktor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Wiktor)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/aaf-drb-and-utf-8/92992/2 "2007-04-26T15:00:31Z")

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On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 12:28:44PM +0200, Wiktor wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> After switching from “regular” AAF to drb based my app is no longer  
> handling nonlatin chars.
> 
> Any hints?

Could you have a look at the log files, especially the ferret\_server.log  
to see  
what happens to your non-latin queries?

A possible cause is that the locale environment of the application  
process (Mongrel) and the DRb server differ.

Jens

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