Hello, I am reading data from postgresql via ODBC encoded in UTF-8. I am trying to verify that I am indeed reading the right data (I do not need to manipulate). Simple output, of course does not work and Visual Studio '08 debugger just shows question marks. So I wanted to try and convert to double byte using Boost UTF8 facets but I am simply lost at how to do this. It appears that I cannot include any header files. There is a reference to it in serialization pages, but not clear how to include / use it namespace fs = boost::filesystem; std::locale global_loc = std::locale(); std::locale loc( global_loc, new fs::detail::utf8_codecvt_facet ); fs::wpath_traits::imbue( loc ); But this does not work in 'User' files because unless you are a boost library the detail::utf8_codecvt_facet is not available. So my question is, is there a way to use boost to either printout to a file UTF8 or to convert it to UTF-16 and see it may be in the debugger? thanks in advance -- V S P toreason@fastmail.fm -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Send your email first class

Hi Robert, My MSVC ionstallation is broken. Can you please build the following program, pass -1 to it and check the exit code? #include <iostream> int main() { unsigned int i; std::cin >> i; return std::cin.good() ? 0 : 1; } Alex