I am working with an SQL Server database on a windows server with collation SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS When I go to the rails console on the Linux server with the app I get => "Rodríguez, César" To try to isolate the problem in my controller I tried render :text => but on the browser I am seeing Rodr?guez, C?sar I believe this is an encoding issue, but I don''t know how to resolve.(and Google + Stackoverflow are failing me) Given that the source data can''t be changed, what do I need to do on the rails side to get the text to render properly? On Chrome I have tried to manually change the encoding and no matter which I select I can''t get the text to render correctly. Also, why would it render correctly on the console? Thanks, Noel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.