ENCTYPE + SetCharacterEncodingFilter = no go joe for Tomcat 5.0.28

[Shawn]

Hello,

When using ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data" in a form on a jsp page, text
sent ignores the SetCharacterEncodingFilter which is calling
request.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");

I thought about getting parameter values by using 

String field = request.getParameter("whatever");
                field=new String(field.getBytes
("UTF-8"));

Does this seem a reasonable approach or is should the
SetCharacterEncodingFilter *really* be setting the charEncoding?

I don't want to be creating a new string for every parameter unless
necessary.

When ENCTYPE is not set, all works as expected.

This problem is seen on Tomcat 5.0.28, but not 4.x versions.  I
understand something changed around 5.0.27 for UTF-8 handeling but am
not sure if that is realated. 

-- 
Shawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


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