Re: Handling utf8 data from SQLite

[Zettai Muri <zettaimuri gmail com>]

On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 2:51 AM, Chris Vine <chris cvine freeserve co uk> wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 00:16:46 +1000
> Zettai Muri <zettaimuri gmail com> wrote:
>> > Why not catch the exception and print it out to find out?
>>
>> To be honest I don't know how to do this but will try to see if I can
>> work it out.
>
> This is basic C++:
>
> try {
>  std::cout << "DB - Password: " << password << std::endl;
> }
> catch (Glib::Exception& e) {
>  std::cerr << e.what().raw() << std::endl;
> }
> catch (std::exception& e) {
>  std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
> }
>
> [snip]
>
>> If I declare a string as Glib::ustring does this mean it is in utf8?
>> Both username and password are declared as Glib::ustrings
>
> If you are using a library provided by others which returns a string by
> Glib::ustring, it is reasonable to assume the encoding is utf-8 (if it
> isn't, file a bug with the library author). If you are providing
> your own text to put in a Glib::ustring object, it is up to you to get
> the encoding right. If you declare a string as Glib::ustring then you
> must only put text in utf-8 encoding in it.
>

Thanks Chris.  I appreciate the help and time you have put into
answering these questions.