request.getParameter("x") character conversion problem

[Milan Horvath]

Hi there,

I have a well working servlet application and a little bug: in the Servlet's
doGet mehtod, the parX = request.getparameter("x");
gives me the value of HTTP parameter "x", but I get ?s (question marks) instead
of two special Hungarian characters.
I use
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter (new OutputStreamWriter(response.getOutputStream(),"Cp1250"));
instead of
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter (response.getOutputStream());
and this way the output can contain fine Hungarian special characters, but
my problem is about is the input stream...

Any idea is highly appreciated.

Milan Horvath

[Majid]

Dear Milan,
It might be because parameters are passed as query string. The Query string
(i.e. the string passed with URL in format like www.hotmail.com?id=0900)
can't contain special characters like '\' and others .... check if this is
the problem ....
If such a case arises then one needs to send hexadecimal equivalent of that
char. In case of '\' it is '%2F'

Hope it helps.


"Milan Horvath" <horv_m@freemail.hu> wrote:
>
>Hi there,
>
>I have a well working servlet application and a little bug: in the Servlet's
>doGet mehtod, the parX = request.getparameter("x");
>gives me the value of HTTP parameter "x", but I get ?s (question marks)
instead
>of two special Hungarian characters.
>I use
>PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter (new OutputStreamWriter(response.getOutputStream(),"Cp1250"));
>instead of
>PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter (response.getOutputStream());
>and this way the output can contain fine Hungarian special characters, but
>my problem is about is the input stream...
>
>Any idea is highly appreciated.
>
>Milan Horvath