That's got it. I added it to the FAQ on the wiki. Thanks, David! Wish I'd been smart enough to ask this a week ago!
Chas. David Pollak wrote: > Folks, > > Please make sure you've got this method in your Boot.scala class: > > /** > * Force the request to be UTF-8 > */ > private def makeUtf8(req: HttpServletRequest) { > req.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8") > } > > And also in the boot method, put: > LiftRules.early.append(makeUtf8) > > By default, various app servers (Tomcat is the worst) does not use > UTF-8... I mean WTF... the web is UTF unless otherwise specified. > > Anyway... please give that a try and let me know if it works. > > Thanks, > > David > > > On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Derek Chen-Becker > <dchenbec...@gmail.com <mailto:dchenbec...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > OK, I can replicate this in our PocketChange app (also going against > a PostgreSQL DB). Let me dig a bit. > > Derek > > > On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 3:58 AM, Charles F. Munat <c...@munat.com > <mailto:c...@munat.com>> wrote: > > > This might help, but I don't think I was clear. I have an online > form. > My clients enter text into it. Their text has characters like a > c with a > cedilla. That text gets saved into a PostgreSQL database (UTF-8) > varchar > field via JPA/Hibernate. > > Then I pull it back out and dump it into a template, and it > comes out > gibberish. If I try using ç instead, I get &cedil; > back out. > > Here is what I have: > > "name" -> SHtml.text(thing.name <http://thing.name>, thing.name > <http://thing.name> = _, ("size", "40")) > > If I enter "cachaça" in the field, I get cachaça back out. The > weird > thing is that sometimes when I copy and paste text from another > document > into the form, it works. But if I use the keyboard, it fails > every time. > > I'll play around with this. Thanks. > > Chas. > > Derek Chen-Becker wrote: > > Oops, forgot scala.xml.Unparsed, too: > > > > scala> val m = <span>a{ scala.xml.Unparsed("ç") }b</span> > > m: scala.xml.Elem = <span>açb</span> > > > > That one might be what you're looking for. > > > > Derek > > > > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Derek Chen-Becker > > <dchenbec...@gmail.com <mailto:dchenbec...@gmail.com> > <mailto:dchenbec...@gmail.com <mailto:dchenbec...@gmail.com>>> > wrote: > > > > I think it depends on how you're embedding them in the XML: > > > > scala> val m = <span>açb</span> > > m: scala.xml.Elem = <span>açb</span> > > > > scala> val m = <span>a{"ç"}b</span> > > m: scala.xml.Elem = <span>a&ccedil;b</span> > > > > scala> val m = <span>a{"ç"}b</span> > > m: scala.xml.Elem = <span>açb</span> > > > > That last one was input using dead keys (alt+,) on my > linux (USA > > International with dead keys) layout. Let me know if this > doesn't > > help; if not, could you send the code/template that's > having issues? > > > > Derek > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Charles F. Munat > <c...@munat.com <mailto:c...@munat.com> > > <mailto:c...@munat.com <mailto:c...@munat.com>>> wrote: > > > > > > I have a site that uses a lot of "special" characters > (a remarkably > > biased description, since there is nothing "special" > about accented > > characters to the people who use them daily). In > particular, I > > need the > > c with cedilla and the n with the tilde. > > > > These characters are being input to a database > (UTF-8) via an online > > form, then spit back out onto the page. > > > > It's a fucking disaster. Apparently, everything goes > through the xml > > parser, which is great, except when I try to enter > these as entity > > references, such as ç, the parser changes & to > & and > > I get > > the literal ç back out again. > > > > When I type ç using the keyboard (or copy and paste > it from a > > page or a > > text editor), I get gibberish. > > > > Anyone know the trick to getting around this? I need > everything > > from e > > acute to e grave to trademark and registered > trademark symbols, > > and I > > need to enter them this way. > > > > Thanks for any help. If I can get this to work, I'll > add an > > explanation > > to the wiki. > > > > Chas. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net > Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 > Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp > Git some: http://github.com/dpp > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to liftweb@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to liftweb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---