UTF-8 to Native language

Question

Hi,
Good Day.
I am working on a project which require data transformation from native language to
UTF-8 and vice-versea.
The scenario goes like this:
A person will enter the data on a web page in Native language (e.g Traditional chinese or Big 5)
The data entered is stored in a database where data is stored in UTF-8.
Does Java transform the native lanaguage (e.g big5) to UTF-16. If that is the case, it would mean my transformation is from Big 5 to UTF-16 then to UTF-8
If not pls advice.
I would appreciate if anyone can provide me any sample code
Thanks
Dexter

Answer 1

Thanks. I am now able to store/retrieve UTF-8 from database (Access2K) using the following code. However, certain characters still turn out ????. Any reason why? It is part of the requirement to store data in utf-8 format.
Regards
-WK-
----------- Storing ---------------
// store as utf-8 in database
String data = request.getParameter("data");
try {
byte by[] = data.getBytes("utf-8");
String UTF8Str = new String(by);
PreparedStatement ps = dbConn.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO MBTest VALUES(?)");
ps.setString(1,UTF8Str);
ps.execute();
---------- Retrieving ---------------
// read unicode characters from database
ps=dbConn.prepareStatement("SELECT uText FROM MBTest");
rs=ps.executeQuery();
while( rs.next() ) {
String uName = rs.getString("uText");
uName = new String(uName.getBytes() ,"utf-8");
out.println(uName + "<BR>");
.......