DZ-Jay wrote: > I've seen UTF-8 used all the time (and that's what I've used, too), > and in fact that's probably what IE uses--but I can't find it anywhere > specified as the HTTP protocol character set--unless I'm missing > something. It may be that UTF-8, by convention or tradition, is the > de facto character set, but is this the rule? > > Can anybody find anything else?
It doesn't seem to be mandatory, however suggested to use UTF-8 since January 2005, RFC 3986. In my local copy I changed UrlEncode() to produce correct UTF-8 and UrlDecode() to assume UTF-8 in case of the byte sequence to be decoded has been checked for valid UTF-8 successfully, otherwise the function assumes local default code page in D2009 or does not change the encoding in older Delphi versions. The fact that both IE and Firebird send UTF-8 URLs seems to confirm this change. -- Arno Garrels -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
