Re: gb2312->utf8 in ldif

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

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At 08:50 AM 2001-10-03, Jay Sun wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I have created a ldif file with one entry that has base64 encoded utf8 string:
>
> destinationIndicator:: 5Lq6
>
> The 5Lq6 came from gb2312 string ? converted to utf-8 and then base64 encoded.  I alway get the error when using ldapadd
>
> ldap_add: Invalid syntax
>     additional info: destinationIndicator: value #0 invalid per syntax
>
>I tried 
>
>destinationIndicator;lang-zh:: 5Lq6
>
>with the same result.  However, if I use 
>
>destinationIndicator:: c2VjcmV0
>
>where c2VjcmV0 is the ascii string "secret" converted to utf-8  and then base64 encoded, everything worked fine.   Is it because openldap somehow doesn't like the Chinese encoding? or because I did something wrong?
>
>Thanks for any pointer. I am desperately needing to figure this out
>
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