Details
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Type:
Task
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Status: Done/Fixed
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Priority:
Major
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Resolution: Fixed/Completed
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Affects Version/s: 1.0
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Fix Version/s: Unscheduled
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Component/s: Internationalisation
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Labels:None
Description
Internally, CiviCRM requires all the data to be encoded in UTF-8.
For import and export CiviCRM uses CSV files, which do not containt any encoding declaration. We should consider mentioning that the exported files are UTF-8-encoded, and consider a mechanism for importing CSV files encoded in other encodings.
Topics to consider:
- a drop-down with possible encodings on import?
- use of iconv for conversion (PHP support requried)?
- a quick check for validity of UTF-8-encoded data?