Whats the big deal with UTF-8?

Rails
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Hi,
could someone please explain what the significance/importance of UTF-8
is, and why you would need it in an application?

I’ve done a lot of web developing and i’ve never needed to know what it
is. I hope i’ve not been missing something very important!!
Thanks,

Chris

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On 11/04/06, Chris R. [email protected] wrote:

Hi,
could someone please explain what the significance/importance of UTF-8
is, and why you would need it in an application?

I’ve done a lot of web developing and i’ve never needed to know what it
is. I hope i’ve not been missing something very important!!
Thanks,

Well, pretty important indeed :slight_smile:

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