Encoding special characters in c#

Question

In my c# application, i receive post data in the form of xml. Within the xml i have a attribute receiving as " Småsenter (Sandvika Småsenter) " . Before inserting to database i need to encode it as " Småsenter (Sandvika Småsenter) " . I tried to use below code ,

string name = "Småsenter (Sandvika Småsenter)";
name = HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(name);

Also tried name = HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(name);

But it is not giving expected output. Is any suggessions to get in expected characters.

Regards

Sangeetha

Answer 1

You have just encountered Mojibake , which is caused by mixing text encodings. You need to use the same encoding for writing and reading the XML, preferably a Unicode encoding such as UTF-8. You should not try to repair a broken string such as "Småsenter", but rather make it not break in the first place.