But why when i modify or remove the enctype from <form> tag, the browser seems to "forget" the correct charset of these form fields ?
Thanks. > Hello Lima! > > lccb> I have a jsp page with some form fields. I don't know how is the > right way > lccb> to set the charset (because we're using portuguese characters). This > is > lccb> the only configuration that have worked for me : > > lccb> <%@ page contentType="html/text; charset=UTF-8"%> > > To the best of my knowledge w3c standards do not prescribe > the browser what charset to encode form fields with. > In practice however this is generally the same charset > that the page containing form is in. So yes, if you want > the form data to be encoded with charset XXX you need your > page to have content type with charset XXX. And this is > what this <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> directive is doing. (In a servlet you > would do response.setContentType()). > > I have written an elaborate essay on this, it should > still be available at http://tagunov.tripod.com > > lccb> <form (...) enctype="multipart/form-data"> > As far as I know enctype here is not required. > > lccb> Is it right ? Is there other way ? > Hope this mail and my old essay have answered at least > part of your questions. > > WBR, Anton > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
