I upgrade to WordPress version 2.6.1, and now all of my posts have stray “�” symbols in them.� Please bear with me while I try to get this fixed. 
Update: (10 minutes later) Hey, its fixed. Just had to comment out a few new lines of code, and we’re back to normal. Ah, the joys of being your own tech guy. 
I ran into the same problem when I upgraded my site last week. I’m glad to see you found a solution as quick as I did. I wonder why the WordPress folks added those problematic lines of code in the first place.
If you run into any WordPress problems in the future, feel free to bounce them off of me. I might not have the answer, but I’m probably experiencing the same problem.
What was the code you had to comment out.
Thanks
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These two lines in wp-config.php
// define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8′);
// define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);
Thank you for this information.
As of version 2.7.1, those lines should not be commented out. Go figure.
I hate upgrading work. I always end up having some kind of errors. What to do, we need to curb vulnerabilities.