Hi,
Is there a way to change the default character encoding that Visual studio uses to save files? My problem is that VS2008currently saves files in UTF-8 withSignature, but this causes all sorts of problems when savingSQL files and executing them via the osql tool in SQLServer 2000.

Incidently, the problems are caused by the BOM at the start of the file - saving the files as UTF-8 without Signature solves this,but i can't see a way to set that as default.


Anyideas?


Cheers,

VS2005/8 comes with Advanced save as option which lets you save your code as the Collation you can use in SQL Server 2000 and above. You must know SQL Server uses UCS-2 which is almost the same as UTF16, so you should try and use the Advanced Save as option in VS2008 it is available in your file menu with your solution code behind open.

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Asp.net MVP, MCPD Web C#, MCTS TFS, MCITP BI and DBA

VS2005/8 comes with Advanced save as option which lets you save your code as the Collation you can use in SQL Server 2000 and above. You must know SQL Server uses UCS-2 which is almost the same as UTF16, so you should try and use the Advanced Save as option in VS2008 it is available in your file menu with your solution code behind open.

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Asp.net MVP, MCPD Web C#, MCTS TFS, MCITP BI and DBA