Issue with special character in tFileOutputDelimeted component

[Anonymous]

Hi, 

I am extracting a query result to tFileOutputDelimeted component(.csv file).

String has to be "can't" but, it is saving in .csv file as "can?t". Why am I getting this?

Can anyone help me out?

Thanks in advance,

Meghana.

[ankit7359]

Hi @MeghanaKottala,

Can you pls share a sample input data and also can you also share the job screenshot with result such that Community can look into the issue you are facing?

Pls do get back to Community,if necessary.

Thanks,

Ankit.

[Anonymous]

Here is the screenshot.

The query results in one string column which has result like this "youíve" and when I run this job, I am getting the result as "you?ve".

Am I clear

Screen Shot 2019-01-09 at 4.02.20 PM.png

[akumar2301]

Try to change the encoding to ISO-8859-15

[Anonymous]

I am using the same

Thanks,

Meghana

[PhilHibbs]

When you say it is "saving as can?t", what do you mean? Is it literally a question mark in the output file, or is the reading method converting a character that it doesn't understand into a question mark? How are you viewing the output?

I suspect that your input isn't "can't", I bet it is "can’t" (which has a typographical apostrophe, rather than the plain ASCII apostrophe). ISO8859-15 does not have typographical or “directional” quotes, so it can't be written using that encoding.

Using a larger font, ' is ASCII, but ’ is not, and is not supported by ISO8859 character sets.

https://practicaltypography.com/straight-and-curly-quotes.html

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

The issue has been solved. Changed encoding to UTF-16 and it is working. Thanks for the reply.

Thanks,

Meghana.