Solved Problems with Umlaute/UTF8 with MySQL Connector 8.0

[perlfan]

Hi there, I'm pulling data from my Wordpress database (charset utf8mb4_unicode_ci) via MySQL Connector 8.0 into MS Access. This has worked well until I had to restore a backup on my website using Duplicator Backup Plugin. Now, all German Umlaute (ä, ü etc.) and other letters like ß are displayed incorrectly in Access (e.g. Ãœbersetzung instead of Übersetzung; pls see in this screenshot: https://snipboard.io/W3Jqwd.jpg). I already installed the newest Connector version, I added CHARSET=utf8mb4 to my connection string (see below), nothing helped. Is there somthing else I can do? Thanks for help. Frank

Constr = "Driver=MySQL ODBC 8.0 Ansi Driver;" & _
"Server=" & server & "; User = " & user & ";Password = " & pw & ";Database=" & datenbank & "; CHARSET=utf8mb4"

 

[sonic8]

I find your connection string somewhat contradictory. I highlighted it for you:
Driver=MySQL ODBC 8.0 Ansi Driver
CHARSET=utf8mb4

 

[perlfan]

Good morning, thank you, do you think that Ansi and utf8mb4 don't go together? What's your point? Thx, Frank

 

[perlfan]

In the meantime I solved this with CONVERT(CAST(CONVERT( column ) USING LATIN1) AS BINARY) USING UTF8) in the select. Best, Frank

 

[cheekybuddha]

Good morning, thank you, do you think that Ansi and utf8mb4 don't go together?

Why aren't you using the Unicode driver? Is it available in the list of drivers?

Constr = "Driver=MySQL ODBC 8.0 Unicode Driver;" & _
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