Index: lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/usermanagement/service/UserManagementService.java
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/usermanagement/service/UserManagementService.java,v
diff -u -r1.102 -r1.102.6.1
--- lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/usermanagement/service/UserManagementService.java	10 Apr 2009 14:42:32 -0000	1.102
+++ lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/usermanagement/service/UserManagementService.java	21 Oct 2009 00:12:40 -0000	1.102.6.1
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 package org.lamsfoundation.lams.usermanagement.service;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Date;
@@ -162,13 +161,6 @@
     
     protected User saveUser(User user) {
 	if (user != null) {
-	    // LDEV-2196 ensure names saved as UTF-8
-	    try {
-    	    	user.setFirstName(new String(user.getFirstName().getBytes(), "UTF-8"));
-    	    	user.setLastName(new String(user.getLastName().getBytes(), "UTF-8"));
-	    } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
-		log.error("Unsupported encoding...", e);
-	    }
 	    // create user
 	    if (user.getUserId() == null) {
 		baseDAO.insertOrUpdate(user); // creating a workspace needs a userId