I agree - it does seem like we should really be doing this by default. Even chinese, hebrew and double byte languages will be good using UTF-8 right? Is there a reason someone might want to set it to another encoding / collation other than UTF-8? I cant think of one right now...
@chas - from your previous post, are you saying your using maven on the server for production?! or did you just mean jetty...? Cheers Tim On Mar 16, 4:23 am, Derek Chen-Becker <dchenbec...@gmail.com> wrote: > Argh. I even thought of that but setting it *after* the request had been > accessed (by Lift internals) appears to have no effect. I suppose there's > some caching going on there. Any possibility we could add a control to > LiftRules? Something like: > > var totallyBrokenDefaultPostCharsetHandling = false > > Where a false value means we automatically set the request charset to UTF-8 > and a true value means that we don't touch the request. My expectation given > that we're already 9 years into the new millenium (yeah, yeah, only 8) is > that *everything* on the net would be UTF-8 unless explicitly forced to be > something else. > > Derek > > On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 8:34 PM, David Pollak <feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com > > > wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 2:07 AM, Charles F. Munat <c...@munat.com> wrote: > > >> That's got it. I added it to the FAQ on the wiki. > > >> Thanks, David! Wish I'd been smart enough to ask this a week ago! > > > I bloodies my head with that one for a good couple of weeks. Glad it's > > working. > > >> Chas. > > >> David Pollak wrote: > >> > Folks, > > >> > Please make sure you've got this method in your Boot.scala class: > > >> > /** > >> > * Force the request to be UTF-8 > >> > */ > >> > private def makeUtf8(req: HttpServletRequest) { > >> > req.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8") > >> > } > > >> > And also in the boot method, put: > >> > LiftRules.early.append(makeUtf8) > > >> > By default, various app servers (Tomcat is the worst) does not use > >> > UTF-8... I mean WTF... the web is UTF unless otherwise specified. > > >> > Anyway... please give that a try and let me know if it works. > > >> > Thanks, > > >> > David > > >> > On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Derek Chen-Becker > >> > <dchenbec...@gmail.com <mailto:dchenbec...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > >> > OK, I can replicate this in our PocketChange app (also going against > >> > a PostgreSQL DB). Let me dig a bit. > > >> > Derek > > >> > On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 3:58 AM, Charles F. Munat <c...@munat.com > >> > <mailto:c...@munat.com>> wrote: > > >> > This might help, but I don't think I was clear. I have an online > >> > form. > >> > My clients enter text into it. Their text has characters like a > >> > c with a > >> > cedilla. That text gets saved into a PostgreSQL database (UTF-8) > >> > varchar > >> > field via JPA/Hibernate. > > >> > Then I pull it back out and dump it into a template, and it > >> > comes out > >> > gibberish. If I try using ç instead, I get &cedil; > >> > back out. > > >> > Here is what I have: > > >> > "name" -> SHtml.text(thing.name <http://thing.name>, thing.name > >> > <http://thing.name> = _, ("size", "40")) > > >> > If I enter "cachaça" in the field, I get cachaça back out. The > >> > weird > >> > thing is that sometimes when I copy and paste text from another > >> > document > >> > into the form, it works. But if I use the keyboard, it fails > >> > every time. > > >> > I'll play around with this. Thanks. > > >> > Chas. > > >> > Derek Chen-Becker wrote: > >> > > Oops, forgot scala.xml.Unparsed, too: > > >> > > scala> val m = <span>a{ scala.xml.Unparsed("ç") > >> }b</span> > >> > > m: scala.xml.Elem = <span>açb</span> > > >> > > That one might be what you're looking for. > > >> > > Derek > > >> > > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Derek Chen-Becker > >> > > <dchenbec...@gmail.com <mailto:dchenbec...@gmail.com> > >> > <mailto:dchenbec...@gmail.com <mailto:dchenbec...@gmail.com>>> > >> > wrote: > > >> > > I think it depends on how you're embedding them in the > >> XML: > > >> > > scala> val m = <span>açb</span> > >> > > m: scala.xml.Elem = <span>açb</span> > > >> > > scala> val m = <span>a{"ç"}b</span> > >> > > m: scala.xml.Elem = <span>a&ccedil;b</span> > > >> > > scala> val m = <span>a{"ç"}b</span> > >> > > m: scala.xml.Elem = <span>açb</span> > > >> > > That last one was input using dead keys (alt+,) on my > >> > linux (USA > >> > > International with dead keys) layout. Let me know if this > >> > doesn't > >> > > help; if not, could you send the code/template that's > >> > having issues? > > >> > > Derek > > >> > > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Charles F. Munat > >> > <c...@munat.com <mailto:c...@munat.com> > >> > > <mailto:c...@munat.com <mailto:c...@munat.com>>> wrote: > > >> > > I have a site that uses a lot of "special" characters > >> > (a remarkably > >> > > biased description, since there is nothing "special" > >> > about accented > >> > > characters to the people who use them daily). In > >> > particular, I > >> > > need the > >> > > c with cedilla and the n with the tilde. > > >> > > These characters are being input to a database > >> > (UTF-8) via an online > >> > > form, then spit back out onto the page. > > >> > > It's a fucking disaster. Apparently, everything goes > >> > through the xml > >> > > parser, which is great, except when I try to enter > >> > these as entity > >> > > references, such as ç, the parser changes & to > >> > & and > >> > > I get > >> > > the literal ç back out again. > > >> > > When I type ç using the keyboard (or copy and paste > >> > it from a > >> > > page or a > >> > > text editor), I get gibberish. > > >> > > Anyone know the trick to getting around this? I need > >> > everything > >> > > from e > >> > > acute to e grave to trademark and registered > >> > trademark symbols, > >> > > and I > >> > > need to enter them this way. > > >> > > Thanks for any help. If I can get this to work, I'll > >> > add an > >> > > explanation > >> > > to the wiki. > > >> > > Chas. > > >> > -- > >> > Lift, the simply functional web frameworkhttp://liftweb.net > >> > Beginning Scalahttp://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 > >> > Follow me:http://twitter.com/dpp > >> > Git some:http://github.com/dpp > > > -- > > Lift, the simply functional web frameworkhttp://liftweb.net > > Beginning Scalahttp://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 > > Follow me:http://twitter.com/dpp > > Git some:http://github.com/dpp --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to liftweb@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to liftweb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---