Character encoding JSP -displayed wrong in JSP but not in URL: “á » á é » é”

Question

I have this Web Application in JSP running on JBoss Application Server. I am using Servlets for friendly urls. I\'m sending search parameters through my JSP\'s and Servlets.

Answer 1

There are three layers to configure. From what you've described, it sounds like your problem lies in the database configuration.

1. Browser Display and Form Submission

JSP

<%@page pageEncoding="UTF-8" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8"%>

HTML

2. Web Server Processing

JSP

<%
  request.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
  String name = request.getParameter("NAME");
%>

Same type of thing in a Servlet. See JBoss specific solution as well as complete server independent solution in this answer.

3. Database Settings

You may be losing the character information at the database level. Check to make sure your database encoding is UTF-8 also, and not ASCII.

For a complete discussion of this topic, refer to Java article Character Conversions from Browser to Database.