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JM39
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How to retain foreign characters

Hello

I have some data with names and addresses etc. I'm having trouble with some non english names. For example:

ARMANDO BAUTISTA GARCÍA

The data is given to me in excel format which I save as a .csv as the input file.

On the input file I have the encoding in advanced settings set to UTF-8.

I have also checked 'Allow specific characters (UTF8,...) for columns of schemas.

On the output file I have the encoding in advanced settings set to UTF-8 (also .csv)

But my output file is showing the name as this:

ARMANDO BAUTISTA GARC�A - when I open it in excel

ARMANDO BAUTISTA GARC�A - when I open it in notepad

I want the output to show the same as the input, i.e. to retain the character as it is :

ARMANDO BAUTISTA GARCÍA

Any idea where I'm going wrong? Attached some screen shots. TIA.

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pakapi_
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Hi JM39,

 

please, open your input csv file in notepad++ and paste here detected encoding. It's on the right-bottom side of application: 0693p000009raJhAAI.pngMaybe it's not UTF-8 ?

 

 

JM39
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Thanks for the reply. It definitely is UTF-8.

 

JM39
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JM39
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I managed to resolve this. I put a tChangeFileEncoding before my main job and that seemed to work