Form upload files and tekst UTF-8

avalon123 · Apr 11, 2005

Hi all,

I am currently converting a website to the UTF-8 charset. I've fixed everything so far by the following method:
Every page of the website starts with these tags:

Code:

<%@ CODEPAGE = 65001%>
<%Session.CodePage = 65001%>

Then every page gets a meta tag with the correct charset:

Code:

<head>
 <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>

When saving data to the database each query is adjusted by adding a 'N' in front of every string like so:

Code:

INSERT INTO table (id, text) VALUES(" & id & ",N'" & myText & "')

Every string value in the database has a 'ntext' or 'nvarchar' type so unicode is supported.

Now all of this works fine except for forms that use the

Code:

enctype="multipart/form-data"

attribute.

I use this when I need to upload a file. When I add a text field to the form, this text isn't converted into UTF-8.

I have browsed multiple pages with information on how to do this but I can't seem to figure it out without using a tool such as 'ASP Huge File Upload',...

Can anyone tell me how this can be done without one of these tools?

Thank you in advance!
regards,
avalon

steven290 · Apr 11, 2005

be aware that when using the enctype="multipart/form-data" in a form it disables the request.form object

avalon123 · Apr 11, 2005

Yes I know.
I use this code to capture the input of the form:

Code:

Set Post = Server.CreateObject("ActiveFile.Post")

'---- Upload file to server
cfotoFolder = c_kure_upload 
Post.upload cfotoFolder

'--- get forminfo
boek_id = Post.FormInputs("boek_id").Value
boek_naam = checkquotes(trim(Post.FormInputs("boek_naam").Value))
boek_desc = checkquotes(trim(Post.FormInputs("boek_desc").Value))

After this the values are processed to the database but that isn't relevant here. I check the contents of the textfield like this:

Code:

response.write(Post.FormInputs("boek_desc").Value)

DUDE!!! I found the problem!
After searching a bit further for Server.CreateObject("ActiveFile.Post")
I came to a website that explained how you can set the codepage for the data that is being send.
Soooo I just add

Code:

Post.CodePage = Session.CodePage

to the page and *!simsalabim!* the output is correct!

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction

steven290 · Apr 11, 2005

k, glad it worked out for.

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Form upload files and tekst UTF-8

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