Unwanted Unicode text after form input

[KTULKevin]

I'm inputting information into a database using a text input form and everything works except when I view the information in the database, I have "ﾬ￭tￖ" before the information I want to display. What is this and how do I go about keeping it out of my database?

[antares686]

What is the front end (Access, ASP, etc), what type of DB are we talkin about and what is the column definition that is an issue?

[KTULKevin]

I'm using ColdFusion scripting and MySQL databases. The column definition is varchar(255). My code looks like this:

<!--BEGIN COUNTY INPUT--!>
<cfform method="post" action="countyinput.cfm">
<cfinput type="text" name="county" size="60" required="yes">
<input type="submit" value="SUBMIT">
</cfform>
<!--END COUNTY INPUT--!>

Then, on the database insert:

<cfinsert datasource="news" tablename="counties">
<cflocation url="counties.cfm">

Thanks for any help you can give. This is driving me nuts. I've never had this type of problem before.