accentuated character

[FastRodas]

Hi to all Xtremers,

 

 

i have this URl

 

ahttp://csp10.link.pt:100/carrinho/CheckEportal.aspx?Name=GUIAS%20ESPIRITUAIS%20PARA%202003%20-%20VenÊncio,%20Agendas%20-%20Arteplural%20Edicoes&id=1498&lang=1

 

As you can see, i in the query string parameter Name there is a accentuated character (the Ê).

 

when i run this code

 

String QUERYSTRING = Request.ServerVariables["QUERY_STRING"];

 

When an accentuated character is present in the query string it is skipped so i get Venncio instead of VenÊncio.

 

how can i resolve this?

 

thx to all

Edited April 26, 2004 by FastRodas

[FastRodas]

I am doing lots of teste but still without sucess!

 

does anyone out there know how to do this?

[bungpeng]

If Querystring can't handle it, then you may consider other method to pass your value, like Form Post, cookies, session, viewstate, database... it depends on your needs

[FastRodas]

I cant do that...

 

i have to pass it through the url. The problem is that i am from Portugal and in my language there are lots of accentuated characters. For example

á, à, ã etc.

 

and these characters are skipped when i do the QUERYSTRING = Request.ServerVariables["QUERY_STRING"];

 

i'm a little lost...i tried lots of encoding and none worked. I am thinking that since ASP.NET is server side i could be that the server was not well configurated. But i checked that and it is all PT.

 

in the web.config i changed the settings to PT

<globalization requestEncoding="any valid encoding string"

responseEncoding="UTF-8"

fileEncoding="UTF-8"

culture="pt-PT"

uiCulture="pt-PT" />

 

so...if anyone can help i would appreciate it

Edited April 28, 2004 by FastRodas

[iebidan]

well the bad news for you are that, you can't use non american characters, so you'll have to change the ê for a simple e, just look for a domain with a ñ or a ê, you'll find none.

This is told in the W3C standards for domains

[FastRodas]

Well....i found a solution for my problem. I guess it is not the best way but what the heck!! it works!!

 

what i do is when i pre-generate my url, before í store it in my database i check it for accentuated characters and change them.

 

for example if i have an à it is changed to %E1, an é to %E9, etc.

 

So when i get the query string, before i use it i just have to undo the changes....and voila!!

[bungpeng]

If you want to store that in database, then why still need to pass through querystring? Just use database to keep your data passing, don't you think it is more easier?

[Arch4ngel]

Can easily be done by looking the System.Web.HttpUtility.Encode........

There's a lot there ! even an UrlEncode... so might want to look at it ?

Things done automaticly are way more funny :)