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Posted to user@couchdb.apache.org by Kenneth Tyler <ke...@8thfold.com> on 2010/08/12 23:54:32 UTC
bad utf8 character
so i tried importing some data from ms sql server2005 into couchdb 1.0.0
the data imports fine
but when i try to open custom views in futon i get a "bad utf8
character" message, and futon is trashed, after that it won't display
anything but the message and won't go to any screen but the custom
views screen
is there any way i can filter my text to get rid of whatever is
causing this error
or am i just out of luck
ken tyler
Re: bad utf8 character
Posted by Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org>.
On 13 Aug 2010, at 01:37, Kenneth Tyler wrote:
>> the tests can be a bit finicky. I'd say a 99% success rate means you have nothing to worry about.
>
> ok, thanks
>
> looks like i'll just have to try and avoid documents with the unknown
> "bad" text in them when i import
Force a UTF-8 encoding in your code before sending to CouchDB. If you think the data you have is already in UTF-8, then decode it into a native Unicode representation, and then round-trip it back to UTF-8 encoding. Your tools should have an option to replace unknown byte sequences with a character of your choice.
Re: bad utf8 character
Posted by Kenneth Tyler <ke...@8thfold.com>.
you'd get an error on save, not load.
>
> Chris
thanks chris, that would make things much easier
i really appreciate all the time to take to help me
ken tyler
Re: bad utf8 character
Posted by J Chris Anderson <jc...@apache.org>.
On Aug 12, 2010, at 5:37 PM, Kenneth Tyler wrote:
>> the tests can be a bit finicky. I'd say a 99% success rate means you have nothing to worry about.
>
> ok, thanks
>
> looks like i'll just have to try and avoid documents with the unknown
> "bad" text in them when i import
>
The upgrade might help too. I'm not sure exactly when, but at some point we started validating the input before accepting it, so you'd get an error on save, not load.
Chris
> ken
Re: bad utf8 character
Posted by Kenneth Tyler <ke...@8thfold.com>.
> the tests can be a bit finicky. I'd say a 99% success rate means you have nothing to worry about.
ok, thanks
looks like i'll just have to try and avoid documents with the unknown
"bad" text in them when i import
ken
Re: bad utf8 character
Posted by J Chris Anderson <jc...@apache.org>.
On Aug 12, 2010, at 3:23 PM, Kenneth Tyler wrote:
> sorry, i was wrong, i still have couchdb .11 on my mac
>
> all the tests pass except reader_acl... if i click on "run with
> debugger" it just runs and runs and never stops
>
the tests can be a bit finicky. I'd say a 99% success rate means you have nothing to worry about.
> should i upgrade ?
>
> everytime i try to install couch lately it bites me in the butt...
> except, ironically, on windows, where install is a one-click deal ...
> sooner or later i expect things will straighten out
>
> do you thing a reinstall might fix this ?
>
hmm, you might try the OSX 1-click package here:
http://www.couch.io/get
cant say if it will help.
> it is not affecting all the blocks of text i need to import.. but so
> far i can't figure out just which piece of the bad blocks is causing
> it
>
> thanks
> ken
>
> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 2:57 PM, J Chris Anderson <jc...@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Aug 12, 2010, at 2:54 PM, Kenneth Tyler wrote:
>>
>>> so i tried importing some data from ms sql server2005 into couchdb 1.0.0
>>> the data imports fine
>>>
>>> but when i try to open custom views in futon i get a "bad utf8
>>> character" message, and futon is trashed, after that it won't display
>>> anything but the message and won't go to any screen but the custom
>>> views screen
>>>
>>
>> this shouldn't be an issue. ...
>>
>> where is your couchdb installed too? do the tests all pass?
>>
>> if you clear cookies it should help with the futon thing
>>
>> also feel free to stop by #couchdb on irc.freenode.net for more realtime help
>>
>>> is there any way i can filter my text to get rid of whatever is
>>> causing this error
>>>
>>> or am i just out of luck
>>>
>>> ken tyler
>>
>>
Re: bad utf8 character
Posted by Randall Leeds <ra...@gmail.com>.
This happened to me recently. This is the only test that writes to the
configuration files. Make sure <prefix>/etc/couchdb is writable for the user
running couch.
On Aug 12, 2010 3:23 PM, "Kenneth Tyler" <ke...@8thfold.com> wrote:
sorry, i was wrong, i still have couchdb .11 on my mac
all the tests pass except reader_acl... if i click on "run with
debugger" it just runs and runs and never stops
should i upgrade ?
everytime i try to install couch lately it bites me in the butt...
except, ironically, on windows, where install is a one-click deal ...
sooner or later i expect things will straighten out
do you thing a reinstall might fix this ?
it is not affecting all the blocks of text i need to import.. but so
far i can't figure out just which piece of the bad blocks is causing
it
thanks
ken
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 2:57 PM, J Chris Anderson <jc...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> On Aug 12, 2010, a...
Re: bad utf8 character
Posted by Kenneth Tyler <ke...@8thfold.com>.
sorry, i was wrong, i still have couchdb .11 on my mac
all the tests pass except reader_acl... if i click on "run with
debugger" it just runs and runs and never stops
should i upgrade ?
everytime i try to install couch lately it bites me in the butt...
except, ironically, on windows, where install is a one-click deal ...
sooner or later i expect things will straighten out
do you thing a reinstall might fix this ?
it is not affecting all the blocks of text i need to import.. but so
far i can't figure out just which piece of the bad blocks is causing
it
thanks
ken
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 2:57 PM, J Chris Anderson <jc...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> On Aug 12, 2010, at 2:54 PM, Kenneth Tyler wrote:
>
>> so i tried importing some data from ms sql server2005 into couchdb 1.0.0
>> the data imports fine
>>
>> but when i try to open custom views in futon i get a "bad utf8
>> character" message, and futon is trashed, after that it won't display
>> anything but the message and won't go to any screen but the custom
>> views screen
>>
>
> this shouldn't be an issue. ...
>
> where is your couchdb installed too? do the tests all pass?
>
> if you clear cookies it should help with the futon thing
>
> also feel free to stop by #couchdb on irc.freenode.net for more realtime help
>
>> is there any way i can filter my text to get rid of whatever is
>> causing this error
>>
>> or am i just out of luck
>>
>> ken tyler
>
>
Re: bad utf8 character
Posted by J Chris Anderson <jc...@apache.org>.
On Aug 12, 2010, at 2:54 PM, Kenneth Tyler wrote:
> so i tried importing some data from ms sql server2005 into couchdb 1.0.0
> the data imports fine
>
> but when i try to open custom views in futon i get a "bad utf8
> character" message, and futon is trashed, after that it won't display
> anything but the message and won't go to any screen but the custom
> views screen
>
this shouldn't be an issue. ...
where is your couchdb installed too? do the tests all pass?
if you clear cookies it should help with the futon thing
also feel free to stop by #couchdb on irc.freenode.net for more realtime help
> is there any way i can filter my text to get rid of whatever is
> causing this error
>
> or am i just out of luck
>
> ken tyler