literal accented characters in python asp page with Microsoft IIS

[nicolas_riesch]

I try to use python as the language in an asp page with Microsoft IIS
5.0.

I have these two files, req_bad.asp and req_ok.asp


---------- req_bad.asp ---------
<%@LANGUAGE=Python%>

<%

#  il y a un problème ici

Response.write('Hello')

%>
-----------------------------


---------- req_ok.asp ---------
<%@LANGUAGE=Python%>

<%

#  il y a un probleme ici

Response.write('Hello')

%>
-----------------------------


When I retrieve req_bad.asp from a browser, I get the error message:
HTTP/1.1 500 Server Error

When I try with req_ok.asp, it works and displays 'hello'.

The only difference is that in req_bad.asp, I use an accented character
in the french word "problème".
In req_ok.asp, there is no accented character.

Someone knows how to write literal accented characters in a python asp
page ?
It is not only for the comments, but also to write out strings with
Response.write('problème')
which doesn't work either.

If I write "probl\xe8me" instead of "problème", it works well.

But as I already have lots of code containing literal accented
characters, I would have liked to be able to use them in asp pages,
without modifying them.
It is only in asp pages that things don't work.
If I run code containing literal accented characters as normal Python
program, it works.
Is the problem related to IIS and is there some configuration to change
to make it work ?