There is a solution to the bug #753. String name = new String(request.getParameter("onoma").getBytes("8859_1"), "UTF-8"); Where "onoma" is the value taken from the submitted form and "name" the variable which will be assigned with the UNICODE value of "onoma". It works OK with my application. Christos Digas UK Internet Banking http://www.ukinternetbanking.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]