# UTF-8 and validates\_length\_of

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/utf-8-and-validates-length-of/51330>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 29, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/utf-8-and-validates-length-of/51330 "2005-12-29T20:03:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![nilskassube](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/db5fbb/32.png) [@nilskassube](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nilskassube)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/utf-8-and-validates-length-of/51330/1 "2005-12-29T20:03:58Z")

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Hello,  
according to

[http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/HowToUseUnicodeStrings](http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/HowToUseUnicodeStrings)

Rails is not ready for UTF-8 in many places, e.g. the  
validates\_length\_of method. However, I see UTF-8 used in many Rails  
applications. So, hopefully, is the wiki page now out-of-date?

Cheers,  
Nils