Hi,
   please could you tell me what i need to replace an ampersand(&) with 
when it occurs in a querystring. I know this thread has been answered 
before but the answers seem a little muddles. One person is suggesting one 
thing another is suggesting another.

Thanks in advance for your help.   

If you are creating a query string in a link, and you want to include the
ampersand, you should do this:

<%
Response.Write("<a href=""www.mysite.com/index.asp?var1=" &
Server.URLEncode("AT&T") & """>click here</a>")
%>

Server.URLEncode will properly encode the ampersand (and any other values
that need encoding in the querystring).  For the ampersand, the encoded
value is:
%26

Also, note that if you have more than 1 item in the query string, you must
do Server.URLEncode on each one.  Otherwise, the ampersand that separates
them will be encoded when it shouldn't be.

Hope this helps.
Regards,
Peter


-----Original Message-----
From: imran.saleem@b... [mailto:imran.saleem@b...]
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 2:21 PM
To: ASP Databases
Subject: [asp_databases] Replacing ampersand in querystring


Hi,
   please could you tell me what i need to replace an ampersand(&) with 
when it occurs in a querystring. I know this thread has been answered 
before but the answers seem a little muddles. One person is 
suggesting one 
thing another is suggesting another.

Thanks in advance for your help.   

Thanks for all the help, used the server.URLEncode hint and it worked fine.

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Foti (PeterF) [mailto:PeterF@S...]
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 3:23 PM
To: ASP Databases
Subject: [asp_databases] RE: Replacing ampersand in querystring


If you are creating a query string in a link, and you want to include the
ampersand, you should do this:

<%
Response.Write("<a href=""www.mysite.com/index.asp?var1=" &
Server.URLEncode("AT&T") & """>click here</a>")
%>

Server.URLEncode will properly encode the ampersand (and any other values
that need encoding in the querystring).  For the ampersand, the encoded
value is:
%26

Also, note that if you have more than 1 item in the query string, you must
do Server.URLEncode on each one.  Otherwise, the ampersand that separates
them will be encoded when it shouldn't be.

Hope this helps.
Regards,
Peter


-----Original Message-----
From: imran.saleem@b... [mailto:imran.saleem@b...]
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 2:21 PM
To: ASP Databases
Subject: [asp_databases] Replacing ampersand in querystring


Hi,
   please could you tell me what i need to replace an ampersand(&) with 
when it occurs in a querystring. I know this thread has been answered 
before but the answers seem a little muddles. One person is 
suggesting one 
thing another is suggesting another.

Thanks in advance for your help.