momchilov wrote:

> My data from the database is shown like "??????".
>
> My setup:
> - Jacarta Tomcat 5.0
> - Firebird-1.5.1.4481-Win32
> - j2sdk-1_4_2_04-windows-i586-p
> - FirebirdSQL-1.5.0RC4JDK_1.4
>
> I known there is a description of this problem in FAQ.htm in JayBird,
> and there is workaround. But the solution doesn't help me at all. Or
> I'm doing it in a wrong way.
>
> So I'm using WIN1251 character set in my database and characters in
> Cyrilic are shown like "????" (question marks) in the browser. The
> FAQ says that I must put a parameter to JVM. So I start "Monitor
> Tomcat" and in Java tab I add "-Dfile.encoding=Cp1251". Restart the
> server... Nothing happens... Againg these question marks...
>
> So, can anybody help me? The project I'm working on requires that
> kind of database, but I must use cyrilic characters... I'm 2 days
> behind in my schedule of the project for solving this out...

Use "jdbc:firebirdsql:host/3050:path?lc_ctype=WIN1251" as JDBC URL.

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Stanislav Mironov