# Special Characters in MySQL Database

**URL:** <https://forum.servoy.com/t/special-characters-in-mysql-database/4657>\
**Category:** Classic Servoy\
**Created:** [August 26, 2005, 10:37am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/special-characters-in-mysql-database/4657 "2005-08-26T10:37:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 10:37am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/special-characters-in-mysql-database/4657/1 "2005-08-26T10:37:33Z")

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> Indian Bikes to the latest Harleys and the amount of money being put into the work on the bikes was evident, with figures of 80,000

Hi, I have problem in inserting the above phrase in the database.

I use mysql5 as the backend to one of my Servoy solutions.

The table is set to **utf8\_general\_ci**

In the above quote you could see

- the apostraphe is different than the normal one (')
- there is Euro symbol

Servoy displays them perfectly when we enter the data. But after we restart Servoy everything after the apostraphe or the Euro symbol is stripped off.

When I open the table using the mysql control center I cannot see the data after the apostraphe

Any idea please?

Thanks