oh yes sorry, it's because you need to set request encoding on your form post. use a servlet filter. there was a post within the past week where I posted the full code of such a filter.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Quinten Verheyen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 15 December 2004 09:16 > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: RE: char encoding bug in tomcat 5.0.25 ? > > > I tried that option already, doesn't make a difference .. > > <%@ page pageEncoding="utf-8" contentType="text/html; > charset=UTF-8" language="java" %> > or > <%@ page pageEncoding="utf-8" language="java" %> > <%@ page contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8" %> > > Q > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Allistair Crossley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 15 December 2004 10:03 > > To: Tomcat Users List > > Subject: RE: char encoding bug in tomcat 5.0.25 ? > > > > > > you-re missing a page directive > > > > <%@ page contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8" %> > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Quinten Verheyen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 15 December 2004 08:28 > > > To: Tomcat Users List (E-mail) > > > Subject: char encoding bug in tomcat 5.0.25 ? > > > > > > > > > Hi, *maybe* I'm experiencing a bug in Tomcat 5.0.25, but this > > > is pure assumption, please help me with this troublesome > > > character encoding problem. > > > > > > The test page below gets a request parameter and shows it in > > > a textarea. The goal is to test if special characters are > > > translated wrongly .. (would actually occur if > > > encoding/decoding set isn't the same). The problem is in > > > Tomcat 5.0.25 the character '�' is translated into é, in > > > Tomcat 4.1.29 it stays the same. > > > > > > Note: when providing the paramter as a get, it works. > > > > > > ======== > > > test.jsp > > > ======== > > > > > > <%@ page pageEncoding="utf-8" language="java" %> > > > > > > <% > > > request.setCharacterEncoding("utf-8"); > > > String text = request.getParameter("text"); > > > if (text == null) { > > > text = ""; > > > } > > > %> > > > > > > <html> > > > <head> > > > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; > charset=utf-8"> > > > <title>test page</title> > > > </head> > > > <body> > > > > > > <FORM name="test" method="POST"> > > > <textarea name="text"><%=text%></textarea> > > > <input type="submit" /> > > > </form> > > > > > > </body> > > > </html> > > > > > > Thx in advance, > > > Quinten > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="VERDANA,ARIAL" COLOR=BLUE> > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > QAS Ltd. > > Developers of QuickAddress Software > > <a href="http://www.qas.com";>www.qas.com</a> > > Registered in England: No 2582055 > > Registered in Australia: No 082 851 474 > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > </FONT> > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
