Invalid UTF String

["shibu alampatta" <smalampatta gmail com>]

hi all
I' m using a combo box, reading text from a Sqlite database table, and
trying to add to the combo dropdown list. I'm gettting the warnig
"Pango-Warning: Invalid UTF String passed to pango_lay_out_set_text()", and
the text is being dispalayed in some picture like characters.
but if i prints the characters using printf() i'm getting it properly on the
terminal. any help pls....





Thxs in advance...
with regards
Shibu