I see. thank you all. 

it seems that I have to provide a UI to let user select which locale
he wants  to use. Is it a common implementation ? I was thinking of
checking character encoding in my application so that I can use the
correct locale.


On 5/24/05, Jason Lea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  From the java docs:
> 
> getCharacterEncoding
> 
> public java.lang.String getCharacterEncoding()
> 
>    Returns the name of the character encoding used in the body of this
> request. This method returns null if the request does not specify a
> character encoding
> 
>    Returns:
>        a String containing the name of the chararacter encoding, or
> null if the request does not specify a character encoding
> 
> 
> So, the browser might not be sending the character encoding in the
> request.  I think browsers won't send the encoding when default encoding
> is used.  Some browsers might not send it at all.
> 
> 
> Lixin Chu wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >I always get null from request.getChaaracterEncoding(), do not know why.
> >
> >I am using Tomcat 5.5.7, Struts 1.1. Tested IE 6.0 and FireFox. Which
> >ever encoding I select in browser, my servlet always reprots as null
> >from the above call.
> >
> >thanks for any info!
> >li xin
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