# that the new record is not a duplicate of an existing one.
my $rs = $conn->search(new ZOOM::Query::CQL(cql_target($newid)));
if ($rs->size() > 0) {
- my $qnewid = xml_encode(uri_escape($newid));
+ my $qnewid = xml_encode(uri_escape_utf8($newid));
print qq[<p class="error">
There is already
<a href='?op=edit&id=$newid'>a record</a>