Thanks, but it didn't solve the problem. java.net.URLDecoder decodes the scandinavian chars properly.
Andreas --- Scott Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andreas, >I had a similar problem with a different character set under Windows. > The ultimate problem wasn't Tomcat but was how the JDK converted to the >underlying operating system's character set. I was able to solve it by >passing a -Dfile.encoding=ISO8859_1 to the java command that starts >Tomcat. I don't know if it is the same problem you are having or not. > The problem I had was trying to handle Korean characters with the >default CP1252 Windows character set. There are "holes" in CP1252 that >Java converted to the '?' character because it didnt' know what to do >with them. ISO8859-1 had a valid translation for all characters. > >Again, I'm not sure if this is the problem you're having. Good luck, >and if you get a chance I'd be curious if this worked. > > >Andreas Anderson wrote: > >>HttpServletRequest getPathInfo() decodes incorrectly? >> >>I'm trying out Tomcat 4.1.18. HttpServletRequest doesn't decode path >>info like it does with Tomcat 4.0.6. I'm running Tomcat on JDk 1.4.1 >>and Win2K. >> >>When I invoke the follwing servlet with >>http://localhost:8080/test/TestServlet/a/%E4/b >>req.getPathInfo() returns /a/?/b instead of /a/รค/b (the second element >>in the path should be a funny scandinavian a with two dots above it). >> >> >>public class TestServlet extends HttpServlet { >> >> public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) >> throws ServletException, IOException { >> >> res.getOutputStream().print(req.getPathInfo()); >> res.getOutputStream().close(); >> } >>} >> >> >>Thanks, >>Andreas > >-- >scott dunbar xigole systems, inc. >[EMAIL PROTECTED] superior, co _____________________________________________________________ Surf before you surf - http://www.surf.co.nz _____________________________________________________________ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get [EMAIL PROTECTED] w/No Ads, 6MB, POP & more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>