This is really annoying me now..

For some strange reason when I save a .rtf format to a database or even to a file, it never returns the correct format where it can be read instead of giving me the error I so hate right now.. File format cannot be read

Saving to disk it just returns {
from a database it returns everything but it includes invalid characters.. probably something to do with the format the column is set as, which is text which I don't really understand..
I figured its the format of the file.. but I'm not sure

I've tried saving and opening directly as a .rtf format..
Using byes.. ect

Ok I figured out how to get the .rtf when saving to any file format.. now I'm wondering why I can return the same when I send it to a database