Collecting non-roman characters in ODK

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Hey,
we are going to use ODK for a study in Thailand. We've already translated your form into Thai. We are going to collect data (e.g. names) in non-roman characters. In our test runs, the data didnt show in ODK aggregate, but just as a series of ???
I assume we have to install some sort of language packaged in aggregate?
Has anyone had this issue before?

thanks
felix

2

This should "just work" in App Engine. (if not, can you provide a
filled-in form and a form definition that demonstrate the problem?)

If you are using your own server, you have likely misconfigured your
database to only store latin characters. Be sure the database stores UTF-8
characters.

As stated here ( https://opendatakit.org/use/aggregate/tomcat-install/ ):

For either database, you should ensure that the default character set is
configured to be UTF-8 and that the collation sequence (dictionary order)
is set appropriately for your circumstances. If it isn't, any non-Latin
characters may display as question marks. Refer to the character set and
collation sections of your database's documentation for how to do this.

··· On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 11:46 AM, Felix wrote:

Hey,
we are going to use ODK for a study in Thailand. We've already translated
your form into Thai. We are going to collect data (e.g. names) in non-roman
characters. In our test runs, the data didnt show in ODK aggregate, but
just as a series of ???
I assume we have to install some sort of language packaged in aggregate?
Has anyone had this issue before?

thanks
felix

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thanks for your fast response Mitch.
One of our developers set up our server. I'll look into that.

cheers
felix

··· On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 4:35:32 PM UTC-7, Mitch Sundt wrote: > This should "just work" in App Engine. (if not, can you provide a filled-in form and a form definition that demonstrate the problem?) > > > If you are using your own server, you have likely misconfigured your database to only store latin characters. Be sure the database stores UTF-8 characters. > > > As stated here ( https://opendatakit.org/use/aggregate/tomcat-install/ ): > > > > For either database, you should ensure that the default character set is configured to be UTF-8 and that the collation sequence (dictionary order) is set appropriately for your circumstances. If it isn't, any non-Latin characters may display as question marks. Refer to the character set and collation sections of your database's documentation for how to do this. > > > > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 11:46 AM, Felix wrote: > Hey, > > we are going to use ODK for a study in Thailand. We've already translated your form into Thai. We are going to collect data (e.g. names) in non-roman characters. In our test runs, the data didnt show in ODK aggregate, but just as a series of ??? > > I assume we have to install some sort of language packaged in aggregate? > > Has anyone had this issue before? > > > > thanks > > felix > > > > -- > > -- > > Post: opend...@googlegroups.com > > Unsubscribe: opendatakit...@googlegroups.com > > Options: http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en > > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ODK Community" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to opendatakit...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > -- > > Mitch Sundt > Software Engineer > University of Washington > mitche...@gmail.com