Html entities problem

Rails
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hey, i import records from an excel file, but i have problems with html
entities.

1.if i import something like this
Chï éà è de l’ rue

in database displays
Chï éà è de l’ rue Ch� ��� de l’ rue

2.and if i edit that with “Chï éà è de l’ rue” on the site, i get

in database displays
ChÃ?¯ Ã?©Ã? Ã?¨ de l’ rue Chï éà è de l’ rue

can anyone help me what conversion i need to do?

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brutyn_nick wrote:

hey, i import records from an excel file, but i have problems with html
entities.

Could you post your code?

Also, maybe iconv can help.
http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/iconv

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i have changed my db tu utf8-general-ci, when i edit or create an
employee
throught the site and i fill in “jéan”, in the database comes “jéan”.

when i want to import that through csv, it is fucked up, this is the
file:
Firstname;Lastname;Phone;Phone Pin
Jan;Klaas;3259778899;5555
Jéan;Klaas;3259778888;5556
;Vandevelde;3259452145;0010

Stijn;;;

i get this as output for the user(correct):
Check There were errors on these records, there were not added to the
database.
Import Employees
Row 4: , Vandevelde, , 0010

  • First name can’t be blank

Row 5: , , , 0000

  • First name can’t be blank
  • Last name can’t be blank

Row 6: Stijn, , , 0000

  • Last name can’t be blank

this is my code:
def upload
fileupload = @params[:file]
@msg = “”
errors = false
if fileupload.original_filename.slice(-3…-1) != “csv”
@msg = “Please only upload .csv files.”
else
filename = rand(9999999999).to_s.rjust(10,“0”) + “.csv”
folder = “C:/temp/”
while FileTest.file?(folder + filename)
filename = rand(9999999999).to_s.rjust(10,“0”) + “.csv”
end
File.open(folder + filename, “wb”) { |f| f.write(fileupload.read) }
csv_file_path = folder + filename
firm_id = @session[:user].firm_id
#CSV READING
@first = true #skip first row (headers)
row_number = 2
CSV.open(csv_file_path, ‘r’) do |row|
# use row here…
if @first
@first = false
else
error = false
errormsg = “”
cells = Array.new
cells = row.to_s.split(’;’)
if cells != nil
first_name = cells[0].nil? ? ‘’ : cells[0]
last_name = cells[1].nil? ? ‘’ : cells[1]
phone = cells[2].nil? ? ‘’ : cells[2]
phone_pin = cells[3].nil? ? ‘’ : cells[3]
#Validate values
phone_pin = phone_pin.to_s.rjust(4,“0”)

		@temp= Employee.new
		#SETING THE VALUES TO THE OBJECT
		@temp.first_name = first_name
		@temp.last_name  = last_name
		@temp.phone  = "+" + phone.to_s
		@temp.phone_pin = phone_pin
		#SAVING THE OBJECT
		if @temp.save
		else
		        errors = true
		        err = parse_errors(@temp)
		        @msg += "Row " + row_number.to_s + ": "
                            + first_name + ", " + last_name + ", " +
			phone + ", " + phone_pin +  "<br/>" +
			err + "<br/>"
		end
	end
	row_number += 1
end

end
if errors
flash[:notice] = “There were errors on these records, there were not
added to
the database.”
else
flash[:notice] = “All records succesfully added to the database.”
end
end

Jan;Klaas;3259778899;5555
Jéan;Klaas;3259778888;5556

this should be in the db but i get:
Jan;Klaas;;5555
J;Klaas;;5556

can anyone help me?

thanks