Re: mbstring: Japanese conversion not working for me

Thanks for the ideas Alberto but what I relly want is to understand how to use the mbstring library, not how to implement a new solution. mbstring is supposed to do everything I want, I guess I am just not quite understanding how to use it yet. Also in regard to some things you said,

Now, let's make sure we have a clear background: 1) japanese chars come in three flavours:

      a) ISO-2022-JP (the one you are using yourself)
      b) SHIFT-JIS
      c) EUC-JP

2) your database setting requires you input in c) style while

     you present it values in a) style.

1) is true but irrelavant. I am assuming that mbstring can automatically detect and convert the user's input.

*Database configuration* if possible, turn your Postgres configuration into one that will all three charsets

Impossible, though it would be nice. Postgres can only accept one charset for it's input not multiple.

*charset forcing* have your input page always delivered in standard format,

My page is always in the same charset, the problem is that the user input might not be ... Jc