UTF-8 and Server.URLEncode

[burnsy2000]

We are running ASP classic on IIS 5 on W2k SP4. We recently added <%
Response.charset="utf-8"%> to the top of all our pages (as suggested by
validator.w3.org). A problem arose on a page which applies
Server.HTMLEncode to a field that was inputted from the user. The
problem is that when the user enters a phrase such as:

My Fiancé

The Server.URLEncode returns the value:

My Fiancé

which doesn't appear correct. When I take out the <%
Response.charset="utf-8"%> line, it returns

My Fiancé

which displays correctly. Am i ok to just leave out the <%
Response.charset="utf-8"%> line, or should I use a different charset?
or is there some other fix?

 

[Anthony Jones]

We are running ASP classic on IIS 5 on W2k SP4. We recently added <%
Response.charset="utf-8"%> to the top of all our pages (as suggested by
validator.w3.org).
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You also require Session.CodePage = 65001.
A problem arose on a page which applies
Server.HTMLEncode to a field that was inputted from the user. The
problem is that when the user enters a phrase such as:

My Fiancé

The Server.URLEncode returns the value:

My Fiancé

<<<

I think you are confusing URLEncode with HTMLEncode. The output is
consistent with HTMLEncode. What you are seeing here is the posted form
data being formatted as UTF-8 but being read by the server as 1252 (or
whatever your default OEM codepage is).

which doesn't appear correct. When I take out the <%
Response.charset="utf-8"%> line, it returns

My Fiancé

which displays correctly. Am i ok to just leave out the <%
Response.charset="utf-8"%> line, or should I use a different charset?
or is there some other fix?
<<<


If you ensure ALL pages Begin with Session.CodePage = 65001 and
Response.CharSet = "UTF-8" your problems should go away. (Note if you have
been saving results of form posts to a DB you may well have corrupt entiries
in your DB)

Anthony.