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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0005347mantisbtbugtrackerpublic2005-03-18 03:392005-04-18 10:40
Reporteruvoigt Assigned Tovwegert  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionunable to reproduce 
Product Version0.19.2 
Summary0005347: HTML named characters (i.e. 'ä') are displayed as 'ä' in "Assign to:" and "Reported by:" drop down
Description

HTML named character like german umlaute (ä,ü,ö etc.) are displayed as the HTML representation (ä, ü etc.). Obviously this is the same error as described (and fixed) in bug 0004611.

Steps To Reproduce
  1. Insert a developer with a name containing special characters (i.e. 'Müller')
  2. Go to Report Issue and look in the Assign to: drop down box.
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related to 0004611 closedgrangeway "&" displayed as "&" in summary categories 
related to 0005345 closedvwegert Quotes and ampersands are corrupted in issues names in relationships list ("test & test") 
related to 0005399 closedthraxisp DHTML filters doesn't manage special characters 

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uvoigt

uvoigt

2005-03-18 03:41

reporter   ~0009583

Another similar bug is 0005345. (Can't add relationships :-(
vwegert

vwegert

2005-03-19 16:30

reporter   ~0009595

I am unable to reproduce this issue. Normally, you shouldn't be able to create a user name containing special characters; you should receive an "APPLICATION ERROR 805: The username is invalid. Usernames may only contain letters, numbers, spaces, hyphens, and underscores." (verified with both 0.19.2 and current CVS). How did you create the user?
uvoigt

uvoigt

2005-03-22 03:16

reporter   ~0009626

Yep, that's right. I said username although I meant the real name, which is displayed in the "Assign to:" and "Reported by:" drop downs.
Sorry for the confusion.
vwegert

vwegert

2005-03-22 14:20

reporter   ~0009633

I'm unable to reproduce this problem with either a clean 0.19.2 install or the CVS version. Could you take a look inside your database whether the real name is stored with HTML symbols there?
uvoigt

uvoigt

2005-03-23 02:36

reporter   ~0009638

The real name is stored with HTML symbols (e.g. 'Jens Müller' is stored as 'Jens Müller'). I have to note that the database was originally created with mantis 0.19.0 and updated to 0.19.1 and 0.19.2.
uvoigt

uvoigt

2005-03-23 02:43

reporter   ~0009639

I just noticed that I have two users containing a special character (ä or ö) in their usernames. It was no problem to create them. The usernames are stored without the HTML symbols unlike the real names. All users were created using 0.19.0.
vwegert

vwegert

2005-03-23 17:42

reporter   ~0009653

I've just taken a look inside my playground database - user names are stored with the internal representations here, no HTML equivalents. (Applies to both CVS HEAD and 0.19.2, both users created with these versions).

I suggest you "touch" these two users using the management functions to get a quick workaround. If anyone else has encountered this problem, we should consider writing an update script to automatically change the full name.
uvoigt

uvoigt

2005-03-24 02:22

reporter   ~0009658

Ok, touching the users worked. Now everything seems to be ok.
Can you close the bug?