Re: [OT] JSP parameter frustration

That's what I meant, yes.  getBytes() uses the platform's default  
character set to convert the characters into bytes.  If that's not  
the same as the encoding that you're expecting you could run into a  
mismatch.

Specify the encoding in the getBytes() method and you'll probably get  
what you wanted.

Tony

On 5-Jul-06, at 3:52 PM, Eric Carlson wrote:

> On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 14:16:43 -0400, you wrote:
>
>> The servlet container is responsible for decoding the parameters for
>> you before it sets them into the HttpServletRequest object, so don't
>> double-decode it.
>>
>> Tony
>
> Thanks. If I undersand you, thats means I should use this
>
> String param = request.getParameter("p");
> byte[] paramArray = param.getBytes();
> for (int i =0; i<param.length(); i++) {
>  System.out.print(paramArray[i]);
> }
>
> (Which I actually started with) - but it still gives the wrong values.
>
>