String geekvalues = "&# 966;&# 948;&# 945;&# 963;&# 966;&# 945;&# 963;&# 948;&# 966;"; ( i have inserted space b/w &# ddd; because while framing the query they get converted to greek char) I parse the following string and insert the integer values in the following o/p stream with UTF8 ecoding. I can see proper greek char in the file, but when i read the contents of the file and try inserting these values to the DB, they appear as ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿(not what i see on my m/c) some junk char. bufferWriter = new BufferedWriter (new OutputStreamWrite   More>>

			

			

			String geekvalues = "&# 966;&# 948;&# 945;&# 963;&# 966;&# 945;&# 963;&# 948;&# 966;";
			

			

		

			

			

			bufferWriter = new BufferedWriter
			

			

			

			(new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream("d:\tempAA.txt",false),"UTF8"));
			

			

			

			bufferWriter.write(x);
			

			

			

			

			

			bufferReader = new BufferedReader
			

			

			

			(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream("d:\tempAA.txt"),"UTF8"));
			

			

			

			retGreekValue =bufferReader.readLine();
			

			

			

			String sqlStr = "INSERT INTO test_table VALUES('"+retGreekValue+"')";