Have you tried uploading with some simple data? Any particular differences with any other textarea field? From my point of view, it is either the format or the data. Start with the basics and start building the path toward your actual data.
Guillermo Madero
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The actual text, it seems:
https://docs.moodle.org/26/en/Upload_users#Fields_that_can_be_included
For custom profile fields that are a menu, use the corresponding value (new in Moodle 2.3 onwards).
Example: A custom field 'Department' with one of three values 'HR', 'Marketing' or 'Training'. Just insert one of those three words (e.g. 'Training') as the value for that field.
Anyway, take a look at the following tracker entries:
https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-31654
https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-16764
Hi Jeen,
That change won't do much, as collation only has to do with how data is sorted.
Yes, you definitely have a problem in your database, as seen in the XML file: except for the second question, all the others have erroneous extra binary characters: ┬á in the first and third, and ┬áÔêÆ in the last one.
It certainly seems that you have what is known as a "doubly encoded" database, which was caused by having set wrong parameters during various export/import processes.
Ok, that is the problem. Now, let's see about the solution.
To begin with, there are two ugly truths you really need to be aware regarding this kind of problems: 1) they do not have a one-step-do-this solution; and 2) they definitely need to be solved by someone with experience in them, that is, this is not the kind of issue to be left in the hands of a non-IT-technical person.
If it were me, I would start by trying to see if there are any source files (most certainly, Word files) from which the quizzes were made. This in order to see if the questions include some extra uneeded characters at the end and to determine which are they (in case there are).
I would also try to see if there are any database backups (asuming they are in text format) which could be studied and compared. This in order to see if the problem appeared at a particular point. Backups may also include information regarding the character set.
From the possible information gathered, a strategy would then need to be formulated.
Cheers!
By changing the Vimeo settings, I meant to allow the videos to be seen only from within the Moodle site, as Vimeo offers that possibility, which I know because I did that for many clients some years ago. Do check carefully the Vimeo settings page.
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