Index: lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/integration/service/IntegrationService.java
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/integration/service/IntegrationService.java,v
diff -u -r1.20 -r1.21
--- lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/integration/service/IntegrationService.java	13 Oct 2009 02:26:47 -0000	1.20
+++ lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/integration/service/IntegrationService.java	19 Nov 2009 00:03:36 -0000	1.21
@@ -342,6 +342,9 @@
 	    if (str == null) {
 		throw new UserInfoFetchException("Fail to fetch user data from external server:"
 			+ serverMap.getServerid() + " - No data returned from external server");
+	    } else {
+	    	// LDEV-2468 read user data from ext server as UTF-8 
+	    	str = new String(str.getBytes(), "UTF-8");
 	    }
 
 	    return CSVUtil.parse(str);