How to keep single quotes in text?

[Chopstik]

I have created several text boxes that allow for user input and the variables can then be carried to following pages, but have discovered that if they use single quotes (i.e. - Sam's Club), it cuts off at the single quote. Is there a way around this so that it will keep the single quotes? Thanks!

 

[JohnYingling]

Check out HTMLEncode function.
strW = Server.HTMLEncode(&quot;The paragraph tag: <P>&quot

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[durug]

The string is cut only when you use this in Javascript functions.
When you read by Request.form and request.querystring it should come to the next page complete.
For Javascript I use this function to format the string

Function FormatStringForJavaScript( vString )
Dim sTemp
sTemp = vString
If Not IsNull(sTemp) Then
sTemp = Replace(STemp, &quot;\&quot;, &quot;\\&quot
sTemp = Replace(sTemp, &quot;'&quot;, &quot;\'&quot
sTemp = Replace(sTemp, &quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;, &quot;\&quot;&quot;&quot
sTemp = Replace(sTemp, chr(10), &quot;\n&quot
sTemp = Replace(sTemp, chr(13), &quot;\r&quot
End If
FormatStringForJavaScript = sTemp
End Function

BUT, if you use
<input type=text value='Sam's club'> it's cuting the value so try to use double quotes on the value like this
<input type=text value=&quot;Sam's club&quot;>

regards,
durug

 

[Palooka]

You could do

   Server.HTMLEncode(string)

or if you just want to convert the single quotes:

   string = Replace(string, "'", "& #39;")

PS
Remove the space between & and #
I had to put it there to bypass the parser at Tek-Tips.
DS

Hope this helps,
Palooka

 

[Chopstik]

Thanks, people. That helped a lot. I was using the input type and ended up writing the following: (keep in mind that this is also iterated, ergo the &quot;i&quot

Response.Write &quot;<td>&quot; & server.HTMLEncode(Request.form(&quot;strVenItemCd&quot; & i)) & &quot;</td>&quot;

That seems to have taken care of the problem.