Jens Lorenz wrote: > Setting the encoding of the generated HTML pages does not help. The URL > send back by the Browser is always UTF-8 encoded. > > Request.setCharacterEncoding(), as suggested by Vadim, usually helps for > GET-Parameters. > > Generally it's a good idea to avoid "unsafe" (see RFC) characters in URLs > and GET-Parameters.
There is no mention of URLs in the original problem description: >> Any string with an umlaut was being mangled between posting from the >> browser, and appearing in my variable in an action when I used the >> command: >> >> String mangled= myCocoonRequest.getParameter(name); I assumed that the strings where POSTed from a form. Setting the encoding of the HTML page containing the form helped me in a similar situation. Ugo -- Ugo Cei - Consorzio di Bioingegneria e Informatica Medica P.le Volontari del Sangue, 2 - 27100 Pavia - Italy Phone: +39.0382.525100 - E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>