C#•2mo ago

Why Are Strings in My ASP.NET 4.8 Web Application Converting to Random Chinese Characters?

I have posted this question in detail on stackoverflow here at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79209878/why-are-strings-in-my-asp-net-4-8-web-application-converting-to-random-chinese-c can anyone help please!

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Why Are Strings in My ASP.NET 4.8 Web Application Converting to Ran...

We have an ASP.NET Web project built on .NET Framework 4.8 that has been running smoothly for 7–8 years. However, starting last month, we encountered an issue where strings are being converted into

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ero•2mo ago

Looks like an encoding discrepancy to me

localhostOP•2mo ago

Could you clarify what exactly seems off in the encoding?

MODiX•2mo ago

ero

REPL Result: Success

string input = "select isnull(ReportTitle,'Journal Voucher') from gen_VoucherTypes where VoucherType = 6 and LogSourceID = 0";
byte[] inBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(input);

string output = Encoding.Unicode.GetString(inBytes);
Console.WriteLine(output);

string input = "select isnull(ReportTitle,'Journal Voucher') from gen_VoucherTypes where VoucherType = 6 and LogSourceID = 0";
byte[] inBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(input);

string output = Encoding.Unicode.GetString(inBytes);
Console.WriteLine(output);

Console Output

敳敬瑣椠湳汵⡬敒潰瑲楔汴ⱥ䨧畯湲污嘠畯档牥⤧映潲⁭敧彮潖捵敨呲灹獥眠敨敲嘠畯档牥祔数㴠㘠愠摮䰠杯潓牵散䑉㴠〠

敳敬瑣椠湳汵⡬敒潰瑲楔汴ⱥ䨧畯湲污嘠畯档牥⤧映潲⁭敧彮潖捵敨呲灹獥眠敨敲嘠畯档牥祔数㴠㘠愠摮䰠杯潓牵散䑉㴠〠

Compile: 424.521ms | Execution: 22.009ms | React with ❌ to remove this embed.

localhostOP•2mo ago

@ero How can it be converted to UTF-8 automatically after years?

ero•2mo ago

That I don't know It's just a suspicion as well, I might be incorrect

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Why Are Strings in My ASP.NET 4.8 Web Application Converting to Random Chinese Characters?

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