# Unicode in fixtures

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unicode-in-fixtures/149248>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 22, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unicode-in-fixtures/149248 "2008-09-22T22:08:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![russianbandit](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e36b37/32.png) [@russianbandit](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/russianbandit)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unicode-in-fixtures/149248/1 "2008-09-22T22:08:38Z")

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Hi,

I’m trying to store encrypted passwords in the test fixtures. Passwords  
are encrypted using a openssl cipher (aes 256). The fixtures seem to  
break when they encounter unicode characters. Is this a know issue that  
fixtures do not work with unicode? Is there something special I need to  
do in my case?