When we write jsp pages, we add the following code to the page to encode the characters in desired charset.
<%@ page contentType="text/html;charset=iso-8859-9"%>
Although to add this code, we sometimes face up the character problem. Expecially, if we change the mimeType of the page. I mean, export the page as excel.
(If you want to export any data in a excel file from jsp, change the mimetpye of the jsp and write your data in table tags)
if (pageType != null && pageType.equalsIgnoreCase("excel")) {
String mimeType = "application/vnd.ms-excel;charset=ISO-8859-9";
response.setContentType(mimeType);
String filename = "MyExcelFile";
response.setHeader("Content-Disposition","attachment;filename=" + filename + ".xls");
//System.out.println(response.getCharacterEncoding());
}
When you get this problem, try to add the following code in the HEAD tag of the page. It will fixed up.
<head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-9">
I searched this simple code for a long time:), because it think that the first code enough to encode the charset. But it is not.
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