[OSM-dev] UTF-8 problems in informationfreeway?

[Stefan Baebler]

On Dec 18, 2007 10:54 AM, D Tucny <d at tucny.com> wrote:
> The issue is the main OSM DB isn't set to UTF-8...
interesting, tnx.

I somehow assumed utf8 would be the default choice by now. Also
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Database_schema
mentions utf8 explicitly for every table individually.

Why does main api work nicely then?
Why are full planet dumps ok?

And more importantly:
How can same magic be used to get properly utf8 encoded hourly changes (.osc)?

Stefan