Hi all, I want to use <init-param> in one of my webapps, as follow <init-param> <param-name>parameter</param-name> <param-value>abc,abc,邐邐,abc,abc</param-value> </init-param> When I call String a = getInitParameter("parameter"), it set a to "abc,abc,?,?,abc,abc" . However, what I want is abc,abc,邐,邐,abc,abc.(no character encoding is needed, just as plain text). When I call a.getBytes("US-ASCII"), I found that the 邐 is converted to ascii 3f(?), so I guess I must config somewhere else. Is there any way to do escape in web.xml file? Thank you very much Mike ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html