[opencms-dev] problems with handling special character using utf-8

[Harish.Chakravarthy at sjsu.edu]

Hi Everyone,

I am having problems with handling special characters like ´ and 
’s

Here is any problem, any help will be appreciated.

Step 1:
I have a form with method=post
name : San José                       // Note accent mark

In my Java code, I print the value recieved -
My code: java.getParameter("name")
name : San José                              // accent mark has changed

Write this value to Mysql DB (name field is of type varchar)
name field in table has value:  San José  // Same as input, works !

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Step 2:
In edit mode (EditBackoffice)
name : San Jos[] 
// Accent is  replaced by a new special character [](looks like a square) 
on IE
// and looks like ? on Firebird

In my Java code, I print the value recieved -
name : San Jos�   //  [] is replace by another special character

Write this value to Mysql DB
name field in table has value: San Josý  // Different from the initial 
input value


opencms 5final,tomcat and templates have utf-8 encoding.

Any idea what is going on ?


Thanks
Harish
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