Dumb Coding for Netscape Question

[Dollie]

Please forgive the numerous silly questions I've got! I seem to get my head up my ASP a lot! This is part 2 to a question I had last week about inconsistencies between IE and Netscape.

I have tried to create a basic search page with results and details. In Netscape, I can get results (incorrect ones at that), but when one is clicked for detail, I get the error: "Due to malformed syntax, the request could not be understood by the server. The client should not repeat the request without modifications."

I've been handed the code, but I have no idea what to do with it! I was told to use urlencode:
Recordset_action=<%=server.urlencode(&quot;this_variable_value&quot; )%>

Where do I put the code? Do I put it on the results or detail page? Once the page is determined, where in the page code do I put it?

Once I get all three pages to actually appear in both IE and Netscape, then I'll move on to why I can't search by keywords, and why I keep getting the same results no matter what search terms I use!

Thanks for any help in advance!

 

[NickBulka]

Dollie,
The usual cause for your error is special characters in your url. Using urlencode is indeed the fix. You usually use it while you're building a link to a url that includes spaces or other special characters. So, If you want to pass a query string like &quot;Jim Brown&quot;, this will fail:
[IGNORE]
<a href = '

http://www.mylink.com?name=Jim

Brown'>

so you need to do this:

<a href = '

http://www.mylink.com?<%=server.urlencode(&quot;name=Jim

Brown&quot; )%>'>



[/IGNORE]

 

[Guest_imported]

I think there was a typo in Nick's post and line should look like this:
<a href = '

http://www.mylink.com?name=<%=server.urlencode(&quot;Jim

Brown&quot%>'>
If you are able to see semi-col after [red]name=<[/red] just ignore it. It's been added by the text editor.