note 85869 added to function.odbc-connect

I've been having trouble displaying Russian characters from Access database using ODBC. You might try this solution, though it is using ADODB.Connection COM connection with added charset setting. $db_connection = new COM("ADODB.Connection", NULL, 1251); $db_connstr = "DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=C:\DataDir\Employee.mdb;DefaultDir=C:\DataDir"; $db_connection->open($db_connstr); $rs = $db_connection->execute("SELECT EmpNameLocal, EmpPosLocal FROM tbl_Employee WHERE ID='$IDNo'"); $rs_fld0 = $rs->Fields(0); $rs_fld1 = $rs->Fields(1); while (!$rs->EOF) { $empNameLoc = $rs_fld0->value; $empWPPos = $rs_fld1->value; $rs->MoveNext(); } $rs->Close(); $db_connection->Close(); ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 88.151.183.67 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.odbc-connect.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/85869 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85869/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85869/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85869/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85869/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85869/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85869/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85869 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/85869 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php