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== What's the problem with the BOM? == | == What's the problem with the BOM? == | ||
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* See [http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-utf8-bom.en.php Display problems caused by the UTF-8 BOM] | |||
* Some text editors add a BOM by default, for example Windows' Notepad. | |||
== How can I detect a BOM? == | == How can I detect a BOM? == | ||
== How can I get rid of the BOM? == | == How can I get rid of the BOM? == | ||
Revision as of 07:08, 14 July 2009
With the Database Activity there still seems to be a problem importing UTF-8 files with BOM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte-order_mark).
See this forum discussion for an example in Hebrew http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=62251#p559428
See also this tracker issues: http://tracker.moodle.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&&query=bom&summary=true&description=true&body=true&sorter/field=updated&sorter/order=DESC
--Frank Ralf 10:36, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
What does BOM mean?
BOM stands for "Byte Order Mark".
What is it good for?
It is used for multibyte characters to mark the order in which the bytes appear.
What's the problem with the BOM?
- See Display problems caused by the UTF-8 BOM
- Some text editors add a BOM by default, for example Windows' Notepad.
