Get Unicode Text from SQLite DB - sqlite

I have an SQLite database that contains values with strange characters like ü, é, etc. SQLite is UTF8 by default and the values look good in a database tool.
Now I need to fill an option menu in Livecode with these values.
When I do
put uniencode ("Krüger", "utf8") into tData
set the text of button "option" to tDAta
I get the correct value in the option button but looking strange with big spacings like "K r ü g e r" instead of "Krüger"
Edit: It appears to be that the Text is displayed in "full width". I am using Tahoma but changing the font does not make a difference.
If I don't do uniencode I get "Krüger".
I also tried set the unicodetext of button "option" to tData but that gave me one line of chinese or japanse chars or so.
Where is my mistake?
I am using Livecode 7.0.6.

put textDecode(MyVariable,”UTF8”) into NewVariable

The uniencode and unidecode functions are deprecated as of LiveCode 7. In your example, try:
put revDataFromQuery(,, tConnectionId, tQuery) into tUTF8data
set the text of button "option" to textDecode(tUTF8data,"utf8")

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