Unicode and Access DB

problem displaying Japanese

[Raymond]

I tried to enter some Japanese characters into an access database. When I try to query the DB from an ASP script, the Japanese characters turn into "?". What causes this? I have checked the MDB file and the Japanese words are stored correctly. Is this a DB problem of ASP problem?

Thanks alot.

[LifeinAsia]

What the character set of the page being displayed? How do you enter the data into the database (manually through Access or through a Web interface)? What version of Access are you using? We've had all kinds of problems with Asian charatcers not being stored correctly with versions after '97.

[Raymond]

Access 2000. I manually typed in the Japanese character. ASP spits out a series of Question marks (not gibberish unicode). My browser is already set to read Japanese.

[LifeinAsia]

My browser is already set to read Japanese.

What character set are you using to output the page?