Re: [gnome-db] gnome-db and utf8

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 14:21, David Sedeño Fernández wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using a dbgrid to show a datamodel. I'm using Mysql. When I add the
> datamodel to the dbgrid (with gnome_db_grid_set_model), it's show this
> error:
> 
> WARNING **: Invalid UTF8 string passed to pango_layout_set_text()
> 
> The dbgrid doesn't show special characters stored in the DB, such
> accents. 
> 
> Is there a way to solve the problem?
> 
yes, although that means patching the current source code. That is, we
are mostly UTF8-compliant, but not in all parts, such as the dbgrid.

I'll cook up a patch as soon as I can to fix this.

cheers