I posted yesterday asking how to urldecode a querystring in ASP/Javascript.

It appears the problem is nothing to do with needing to decode the string.
Rather the Javascript function window.open is causing some unforeseen
problem:

javascript:window.open('http://localhost/jacinta/htdocs/jgcollection_list_su
bcat.asp?ProductCat=Glassware&ProductSubCat=Champagne%20%26%20Toasting%20Flu
tes');

If the ASP page is opened without using window.open it works fine.  Why
would the window.open function cause the data to be treated differently?

Cheers,

GP

What is the problem?

Cheers
Ken

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From: "Gianpiero Colagiacomo" <gp@1...>
Subject: [access_asp] window.open causing problem with URLencoded
querystring


: I posted yesterday asking how to urldecode a querystring in
ASP/Javascript.
:
: It appears the problem is nothing to do with needing to decode the string.
: Rather the Javascript function window.open is causing some unforeseen
: problem:
:
:
javascript:window.open('http://localhost/jacinta/htdocs/jgcollection_list_su
:
bcat.asp?ProductCat=Glassware&ProductSubCat=Champagne%20%26%20Toasting%20Flu
: tes');
:
: If the ASP page is opened without using window.open it works fine.  Why
: would the window.open function cause the data to be treated differently?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sorry Ken,  I guess I you didn't see my original post.  Basically the
problem is that when I use window.open to open the asp page and there
happens to be a special character in one of the querystrings posted (used as
a filter on a recordset for an access db), in the case I'm trying to resolve
an &, it causes no records to be found.  If I open the page conventionally
it finds the relevant records.

The page in question is available online and if you use the links below
you'll see what I mean:

Not working:

javascript:window.open('http://www.1lg.com/portfolio/jacinta/htdocs/jgcollec
tion_list_subcat.asp?ProductCat=Glassware&ProductSubCat=Champagne+%26+Toasti
ng+Flutes');

Working:

http://www.1lg.com/portfolio/jacinta/htdocs/jgcollection_list_subcat.asp?Pro
ductCat=Glassware&ProductSubCat=Champagne+%26+Toasting+Flutes

Why does window.open cause the data to be treated differently?

Cheers,

GP