C# MVC3 and non-latin characters

Question

I have my database results (áéíóúàâêô...) and when I display any of this characters I get codes like:

&#225;

My controller is like this:

ViewBag.EstadosDeAlma = (from e in db.EstadosDeAlma select e.Title).ToList();

My cshtml page is like this:

var data = '@foreach (dynamic item in ViewBag.EstadosDeAlma){ @(item + " ") }';

In addition, if I use any rich text editor as Tiny MCE all non-latin characters are like this too.

What should I do to avoid this problem?

á is the correct encoding for the accented a character, and it should render OK on the page. Are you seeing the á on the page rendered to the user or when you view source in your browser? — Hector Correa, Nov 06 '11 at 22:39
I´m using that with jquery autocomplete, so when I try to find the portuguese word "ágil" I can´t, cuz actually is written ágil in the html code... — Rubia Gardini, Nov 07 '11 at 17:23

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 06 '11 at 20:46

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What output encoding are you using on your web pages? I would suggest using UTF-8 since you want a lot of non-ascii characters to work.

answered Nov 06 '11 at 20:46

Yes. That would be in you "master page" (Layout file, viewstart, etc, I don't know where you have your HTML head section). And of course you need to ensure that the characters are returned correctly from the database to your .net app too... – Erik A. Brandstadmoen Nov 07 '11 at 06:51

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

I think you should HTML encode/decode the values before comparing them.

Since you are using jQuery you can take advantage of the encoding functions built-in into it. For example:

$('<div/>').html('& #225;gil').html()

gives you "ágil" (notice that I added an extra space between the & and the # so that stackoverflow does not encode it, you won't need it)

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