Space disappearing in Cookie 1

[Papa Bear]

Hi All
I am trying to store a string in a cookie with a space in i.e. "abc 123". When I retrieve the string, the space has gone i.e."abc123". This is the code used to store.

<script type="text/javascript">

function BlurName() {
    alert("hello" + document.getElementById("IdSearch").value)
    document.cookie = "CustName=" + document.getElementById("IdSearch").value;
}

</script>

I have an onblur to call this function on text box IdSearch. The alert statment is for test and displays the string correctly.

I read the cookie like this.

<%
response.write "Search = " & request.cookies("CustName")
%>

And the space has gone!!!
Could it be the mixture of javascript and ASP?

Thanks in advance
Steve

 

[ChrisHirst]

Spaces are delimiters in cookie values

Add quote marks to the value before storing it.
OR
URLEncode the value before storing in in the cookie
OR
replace the space with '+' (this is what seach engine do)

Chris.

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[Papa Bear]

Hi Chris.

Thanks for that. I used encode and it worked a treat.

Do I need to close this thread? Can not see any way to do that.

Thanks again.
Steve