Are you using jdk 1.3 on unix ? I had the same problem with special characters and solved it by setting the system variable "LC_CTYPE" correctly. (must be set and exported before the jvm with tomcat is started) In my case, the correct value was "de_DE", in your case it probably would be "fr_FR" ... * stefan -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: iscnet isc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 26. April 2001 10:15 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: RE: Please urgent : Why french accentual characters (like à è) not display He, I am sure that the data is correct, I use another program (php script), it works fine, I am sure that the problem is in the tomcat or the web server config, or setting the best parameters. Can some one help me, >From: William Kaufman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Please urgent : Why french accentual characters (like à è) not >display >Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 09:10:28 -0700 > >OK, so it's not a browser issue: the characters are getting damaged before >they even get to the browser. (Look at the page source--it's got "?"s in >it.) > >Are you even sure the characters are right when you hand them off to >Tomcat? >The reason I ask is that Oracle turns non-ASCII characters into "?" if you >didn't set its language correctly. > >Try printing your data to System.err in your application before writing it >to the browser: if there are inappropriate question marks, it's getting >damaged by whatever you're using to read the data, not by Tomcat or the >browser: make sure your language in Java and whatever else you're using is >set correctly. > > -- Bill K. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: iscnet isc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 8:48 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Please urgent : Why french accentual characters > > (like à è) > > not display > > > > > > Yes, I have a problem whehn generating the french accentual charcters, > > I seen them in IE 4 and 5, I always try in local network with > > the IIS, it > > works fine, but if I try with TOMCAT (which is installed in > > our internet > > server) it replaces all my accentual characters with ?, To > > see really the > > problem, please visit : > > http://www.isc-net.com/213bus and try internet in search > > (call to my > > servlet) > > > > > > >From: "Sam Newman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: Re: Please urgent : Why french accentual characters > > (like à è) not > > >display Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 16:31:41 +0100 > > > > > >you mean in the browser? Have you tried using another > > browser, or can you > > >see the character in a normal static page? > > > > > >sam > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "iscnet isc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 4:26 PM > > >Subject: Please urgent : Why french accentual characters > > (like à è) not > > >display > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > I use tomcat, I wrote a servlet which works fine, but i > > have a problem > > >in > > > > the french accentual characters, they always are replaced > > by ? character > > > > Can some one help me? > > > > > > > > Thank you > > > > > > >_____________________________________________________________ > > ____________ > > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > > >http://www.hotmail.com. > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > ___________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at >http://www.hotmail.com. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.