Index: openacs-4/packages/rss-support/tcl/rss-generation-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/rss-support/tcl/rss-generation-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.16 -r1.17
--- openacs-4/packages/rss-support/tcl/rss-generation-procs.tcl	1 Apr 2009 14:47:05 -0000	1.16
+++ openacs-4/packages/rss-support/tcl/rss-generation-procs.tcl	18 May 2009 14:42:27 -0000	1.17
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@
     </pre>
 } {
 
-    set encoding [ns_config ns/parameters OutputCharset [ad_conn charset]]
+    set encoding [ns_config ns/parameters OutputCharset "utf-8"]
 
     set rss "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"${encoding}\"?>\n"
     switch $version {