Encoding problem with <%@ include %> directive

[Arik Kfir <ar...@mail.com>]

Hi all..

This is the first time I'm using a mailing list...
Excuse me if I violate any rules here ;-)

My problem/bug is this: I have a JSP page, 
call it MyPage.jsp. The page has the 
following @page directive:

<%@ page
	language="Java"
	session="false"
	buffer="none"
	errorPage="error.jsp"
	contentType="text/html;charset=WINDOWS-1255"
%>

Note the encoding in the *contentType* attribute - 
its a Hebrew encoding. In the middle of the page 
I have put the following statement:

<%@ include file="MyIncludePage.jsp" %>

The MyIncludePage.jsp page has the same @page 
statement (with the same encoding) and includes
some Hebrew characters in its body. Now here comes the 
interesting part: when I run MyIncludePage.jsp
on its own in the browser, my Hebrew text returns
fine from the server. HOWEVER when I run MyPage.jsp,
the Hebrew characters that are *included* from
MyIncludePage.jsp into MyPage.jsp are transformed
into question marks ("?").

Now, I suspect that for some reason, Tomcat doesn't
consider the encoding when it does executes an include
statement, but only on the request level.

I should say that I use Tomcat 3.2.1 on a Windows 2000
Professional system.

Best regards, and thanks,
Arik Kfir.