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December 08, 2010 8:30am
Subscribe [2]#1 / Dec 08, 2010 8:30am
Hi all,
I have a member on a site by the name of cécile. However, i can only register her screen name as cecile.
i get an error: An Error Was Encountered, The screen name you chose is not available.
however, the name is unique so there should not be a problem
i run 2.1.1
#2 / Dec 08, 2010 6:02pm
Are you trying to rename it from Cecile, i.e. without accent?
#3 / Dec 09, 2010 3:49am
it’s cecile now, and i want it to become cécile, so with the accent
#4 / Dec 09, 2010 6:16am
That’s the problem: for comparing names EE strips the accents and converts everything to lower case: Cécile, cecilè and CECILE all look the same. The easiest solution is to do it in two steps, i.e. rename cecile > FOOBAR > Cécile. Makes sense?
#5 / Dec 09, 2010 6:39am
it’s so simple sometimes 😉
thanks! it worked!
#6 / Dec 09, 2010 4:55pm
Glad I could help 😊 Please post again as needed.