[MAPSERVER-USERS] ASCII -> UTF-8 convert problems for importing (GIS) data (DBF standard encoding?)

[Kristian Thy]

On Fri, Apr 25, Stefan Schwarzer wrote:
> But: is there anyway to specify the encoding for DBF files?

According to this

	<http://www.clicketyclick.dk/databases/xbase/format/dbf.html>

(which is the closest I could come to an official DBF spec), all records
in the DBF file format are in ASCII, unless you use a FoxPro format
which has a number of codepage options.

\\kristian
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