From: Dan The man Date: 2007-09-21T01:59:01+09:00 Subject: Re: How to parse a unicode url? Ollivier Robert wrote: > In article , > 7stud -- wrote: >>Can you identify which character is invalid in: >> >>http://www.h%C3%B6ren.co >> >>According to wikipedia, all those characters are valid for a uri. > > They are but host & domain names do not accept Unicode characters at all > and are limited to 7 bits ASCII. Search for IDN for more information. I thought this might be the case. However, typing the following into firefox gets me a real live page (after trying a few random domains) http://www.hæ—¦ren.at/ Hmmm... -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.