Problem with a parameter containing accent

Hello to everyone.

I have a jsp page with an input box. A user can enter a document title containing accents such as � ...
My problem is that in my Struts action class I look up in a database to retrieve the specified document. The document's title for example is H�ROUX.
When I enter H�ROUX in the textbox, I receive my message when there are no documents available. The document however does exist.
The problem I am having is sending a parameter from my client side through my action form and into my action class.

Could anyone please offer some guidance as to how I could overcome this obstacle (articles etc... would be greatly appreciated).
Thank you all for your time.

Character Conversions from Browser to Database is the article you are looking for.

Thank you so much. I think it's exactly what I was looking for. Again thank you.