Hi Eric, Thanks for the answer. I am using mod_jk and redirecting everything to be handled by the tomcat remote servers (apache 2.2 is purely doing load balancing for the two tomcat nodes of the cluster). If I call directly my tomcat cluster nodes I have to call with values url encoded in utf-8 which is ok. If I encode the parameter values in a url (for example myvalue in http://myapacheserver/mywebapp?myparam=myvalue_url_encoded) in iso8859-1 then the request arrives at my tomcat cluster nodes properly (utf8 url encoded). If I make the requests to the apache load balancing server in utf-8 (that's what I want) then the request is not properly forwarded by apache to the tomcat nodes (the values arrive with bad charset encoding...). I want any remote client (user or app) to access the apache load balancing server or the tomcat cluster nodes directly in a transaparent way. With the same url encoding: utf-8. I read that Apache by default expects iso8859-1, and I already tried to configure in the usual way with adddefaultcharset, indexoptions and so. I thought this was a normal issue with apache with a more or less straightforward answer... guess I am wrong. I don't think the fact apache is doing load balancing through moid_jk to a tomcat cluster should be very important (thought i can be wrong). I would think this is just a httpd.conf problem. I hope this extra information helps you or anyone to give me a clue on how to solve this. Best, rui. 2009/2/16 Eric Covener <covener@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 7:05 AM, rui fernandes <rjmfernandes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Just in case people didn't paid attention to the first message, I was >> hoping someone knew the answer to this simple apache (2.2) >> configuration problem (uri encoding in utf-8 and not in iso..). > > It's not simple. IMO It didn't include enough rigorous information > for anyone to comment on. > > Were you using mod_jk before you added balancer or mod_proxy_ajp? > What's your current and previous configuration? > > What does it mean for apache to "expect" ISO8859-1? > > Figure out byte-for-byte what the browser requests and what is > requested by your connector module, and include the information. > > -- > Eric Covener > covener@xxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > -- Un saludo, Rui --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx