Contents

• Encodings Should Be Easy
• Encodings - Fun for Everyone
• Encodings - Web Fun
• Encodings - Terminal Fun
• Encodings - Perl Fun
• Encodings - XML Fun
• Encodings - Database Fun
• What is the Problem?
• Code Page Chaos
• What is the Solution?
• Unicode
• Now we have a new problem
• What is the Solution?
• Understanding UTF-8
• Encoding::FixLatin
• Converting Pg DB Encoding
• A Peek at the Data
• The 'fix_latin' Rules
• The Encoding::FixLatin API
• The fix_latin filter script
• The Implementation
• The Deployment
• The Next Steps
• Time to Try New Tools
• Module::Install
• Module::Starter
• Next Steps
• Final Steps
• The End