Problems displaying Japanese characters in JSP

[Venkatesh]

Hi all,
We are working on JSP, JRun 3.0 and mysql. When we type some Japanese
characters we are able to see them properly, but when we store them into
the database and redisplay them from the database we are getting junk characters.
We are using a Javabean for storing and retrieving the data (using normal
JDBC routines).
We are also setting the content type in the jsp as follows.
<% response.setContentType ("text/html; charset=UTF-8"); %>


Thanks in advance
venki

[Paul Clapham]

Have you configured mysql to use one of the Japanese character sets such as
sjis? The documentation that I have for mysql says "If your character set
includes multi-byte characters, you need to use the multi-byte character
functions." I don't understand what this means but I haven't yet had to
deal with this issue.

You should also find out exactly where the stored characters are turning
into junk. Are they stored correctly in the database? If so, are they
correct when they come into the servlet and then mangled on their way to the
browser?

PC2

Venkatesh <venki@tokyoshock.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hi all,
> We are working on JSP, JRun 3.0 and mysql. When we type some
Japanese
> characters we are able to see them properly, but when we store them into
> the database and redisplay them from the database we are getting junk
characters.
> We are using a Javabean for storing and retrieving the data (using normal
> JDBC routines).
> We are also setting the content type in the jsp as follows.
> <% response.setContentType ("text/html; charset=UTF-8"); %>
>
>
> Thanks in advance
> venki
>