# Chinese char not display correct

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/chinese-char-not-display-correct/14912>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79, database, scripting\
**Created:** [July 28, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/chinese-char-not-display-correct/14912 "2017-07-28T01:47:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![yao.hu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e5b9ba/32.png) [@yao.hu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/yao.hu)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/chinese-char-not-display-correct/14912/1 "2017-07-28T01:47:47Z")

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Hi there , I am new to ignition.  
Just curious that, is anyone who ever work with Chinese char in the script ?  
For example, in the demo project form induction, in the database manipulation window.  
If we select an Chinese title file(such as “中文.docx”) to upload, it will display “??” in the updated table.  
The same to the inventory window, if we add a new item with Chinese name(such as “扳手”), new item will display “??” in the updated table.  
Any ideas?  
I tried both Mac and Win 7, got the same problem.

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**Author:** ![xiangbin.zhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9d8465/32.png) [@xiangbin.zhu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/xiangbin.zhu)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 6:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/chinese-char-not-display-correct/14912/2 "2017-10-25T06:23:54Z")

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we get same problem, either in report or in script, it can not work normally.

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**Author:** ![yao.hu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e5b9ba/32.png) [@yao.hu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/yao.hu)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 6:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/chinese-char-not-display-correct/14912/3 "2017-10-25T06:37:27Z")

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Actually it had been fixed by modification of mysql configuraiton

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**Author:** ![Sanderd17](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/sanderd17/32/8735_2.png) [@Sanderd17](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sanderd17)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/chinese-char-not-display-correct/14912/4 "2017-10-25T07:18:31Z")

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In scripts, you will need to use the unicode strings from python.

```auto
u"扳手" # this should work
"扳手" # this won't

```