# Problems with activerecord/oracle addapter

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-activerecord-oracle-addapter/172220>\
**Category:** Deployment\
**Created:** [July 16, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-activerecord-oracle-addapter/172220 "2009-07-16T23:38:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-activerecord-oracle-addapter/172220/1 "2009-07-16T23:38:25Z")

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I am working on a project and we are having problems displaying utf8  
charaters. my system specs & settings are:

this is what i did and the outputs of it form ruby script/console. why  
is it doing this to me?

> > data = Data.find(391808)  
> > =\> #\<Data sponsoring\_unit: “Dusseldorf Germany” … \>  
> > In the database it is Düsseldorf Germany
> 
> > data.sponsoring\_unit = “Düsseldorf Germany”  
> > =\> “Düsseldorf Germany”
> 
> > data.save  
> > =\> true
> 
> > data = Data.find(391808)  
> > =\> #\<Data sponsoring\_unit: “D??sseldorf Germany” … \>

\*\*\* LOCAL GEMS \*\*\*

actionmailer (2.3.2, 2.2.2)  
actionpack (2.3.2, 2.2.2)  
activerecord (2.3.2, 2.2.2)  
activerecord-oracle-adapter (1.0.0.9250)  
activerecord-oracle\_enhanced-adapter (1.2.0)  
activeresource (2.3.2, 2.2.2)  
activesupport (2.3.2, 2.3.0, 2.2.2)  
acts\_as\_reportable (1.1.1)  
acts\_as\_versioned (0.2.3)  
alib (0.5.1)  
archive-tar-minitar (0.5.2)  
cached\_model (1.3.1)  
calendar\_date\_select (1.15)  
cgi\_multipart\_eof\_fix (2.5.0)  
color (1.4.0)  
daemons (1.0.10)  
facets (2.5.2)  
fastercsv (1.4.0, 1.2.3)  
fastthread (1.0.7, 1.0.1)  
gem\_plugin (0.2.3)  
git (1.0.5)  
hoe (1.12.2, 1.10.0)  
mailfactory (1.4.0)  
mechanize (0.9.2, 0.9.1)  
memcache-client (1.7.2, 1.7.0)  
mime-types (1.16)  
mislav-will\_paginate (2.3.10)  
mongrel (1.1.5)  
mongrel\_cluster (1.0.5)  
mysql (2.7)  
nifty-generators (0.2.3, 0.2.2)  
nokogiri (1.2.3, 1.2.1)  
orderedhash (0.0.6)  
passenger (2.2.0, 2.0.6)  
pdf-writer (1.1.8)  
rack (0.9.1)  
rails (2.3.2, 2.2.2)  
rake (0.8.4, 0.8.3)  
RedCloth (3.301)  
rubyforge (1.0.3)  
rubyzip (0.9.1)  
ruport (1.6.1)  
ruport-util (0.14.0)  
transaction-simple (1.4.0)  
ZenTest (4.0.0)