Setting CodePage to UTF-8 May Generate Output with Mismatched Characters (295063)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Information Server 1.0
  • Microsoft Internet Information Server 2.0
  • Microsoft Internet Information Server 3.0
  • Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0
This article was previously published under Q295063

SYMPTOMS

If you set the code page in an ASP script to UTF-8 (either by using @CodePage=65001 or Session.CodePage=65001), the characters may be mismatched and the output does not match the expected results.

CAUSE

The encoding format of the ASP file page must be the same as the @CodePage used in the page.

RESOLUTION

Save the file with the UTF-8 encoding setting. The version of Notepad that is included in Windows 2000 or later has the option to specify an encoding format when you save a file. For example, if @CodePage is set to 65001, which indicates UTF-8, you need to save the ASP file with UTF-8 encoding. If @CodePage is set to 1252, which indicates English or German, you need to save the ASP file with ANSI encoding.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/25/2004
Keywords:kbprb KB295063
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