[Zope] French language problems

[Dieter Maurer]

Peter Bengtsson writes:
 > I want to "filter" the user input a bit.
 > If somebody submits name=3D"=E9=E8=E0", in the end I want: name=3D"eea=
"
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 > So I tried this:
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 > <pseudo atr=3D"filling in the input name=3D'=E9'">
 > print self.REQUEST['name'], '=E9'
 > print self.REQUEST['name'] =3D=3D '=E9'
 > </pseudo>
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 > This returns
 > '\303\251', '=E9'
 > 0
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 > Basically, how do I compare self.REQUEST['name'] with '=E9' and get tr=
ue?
 > (assuming the name variable is set to "=E9". (you understand what I me=
an)
Your REQUEST variables seem to be "UTF-8" encoded:

     '\303\251' is the UTF-8 code of '=E9'.

You have different options:

  *  convince your browser to send "iso-8859-1" encoded data.

     I think, it uses the encoding that he found in the
     form constructing page.
     But others made different experiences.

     Please look into the (searchable) mailing list archives
     for the relevant threads.

  *  handle encoding in your own code (DTML or Script).


Dieter