Index: lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/web/filter/LocaleFilter.java
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/web/filter/LocaleFilter.java,v
diff -u -r1.22.4.1 -r1.22.4.2
--- lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/web/filter/LocaleFilter.java	11 Dec 2014 13:03:28 -0000	1.22.4.1
+++ lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/web/filter/LocaleFilter.java	16 Dec 2014 11:26:42 -0000	1.22.4.2
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@
     @Override
     public void doFilterInternal(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, FilterChain chain)
 	    throws IOException, ServletException {
+	// setting encoding in standalone.xml does not do the trick (yet?), so set it here
+	 request.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
+	
 	Locale preferredLocale = null;
 	String direction = null;
 	TimeZone tz = null;