My DB is set to UTF-8. I am using MySQL. The problem is not there. Also, the System.out.println() writes in the server log when you are running the glassfish. I tried something else:
String x=request.getParameter(aParameter);
String toUTF8=new String(x.getBytes,"UTF-8");
The problem exists.
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