title: invalid multibyte char (UTF-8) Error, Ruby
body: <p>I tried to run an ruby script in rails with the command rails runner. The ruby file, looks something like this and should create new patients:</p>
  
  <pre><code> Patient.create!({:vorname =&gt; 'Josepha', :nachnahme =&gt; 'Brecht', :geburtsdatum =&gt; '25.04.1963', :strasse =&gt; 'Umdorf', :ort =&gt; 'Wörthss', :plz =&gt; '93093'})
   Patient.create!({:vorname =&gt; 'Tumba', :nachnahme =&gt; 'Hoch', :geburtsdatum =&gt; '17.77.1956', :strasse =&gt; 'Hamaß 1', :ort =&gt; 'Brenn', :plz =&gt; '93189'})
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But somehow my code has problems with the german language! Im programming beginner and do not know what i have to change! Thanks for help!</p>
  
  <pre><code> C:\Sites\what&gt;rails runner patienten.rb
   C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.3/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/railties-3.2.13/lib/rails/c
   ommands/runner.rb:51:in `eval': patienten.rb:2: invalid multibyte char (UTF-8) (
   SyntaxError)
   patienten.rb:2: syntax error, unexpected tIDENTIFIER, expecting '}'
   ...&gt; 'Schlossberg', :ort =&gt; 'Wörth', :plz =&gt; '93086'})
   ...                               ^
   patienten.rb:2: syntax error, unexpected tINTEGER, expecting $end
   ...:ort =&gt; 'Wörth', :plz =&gt; '93086'})
   ...                               ^
      from C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.3/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/railties-3.2.1
   3/lib/rails/commands/runner.rb:51:in `&lt;top (required)&gt;'
      from C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.3/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/railties-3.2.1
   3/lib/rails/commands.rb:64:in `require'
      from C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.3/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/railties-3.2.1
   3/lib/rails/commands.rb:64:in `&lt;top (required)&gt;'
      from script/rails:6:in `require'
      from script/rails:6:in `&lt;main&gt;'
  </code></pre>