Space in Variable String

[DonP]

I am submitting a variable to a script something like this:

<A HREF=&quot;script.asp?DatabaseVariable=<%Response.Write DoVar(rs(&quot;DatabaseVariable&quot;))%>&quot;>Same Variable Here</a>

It works just fine in Internet Explorer and in Netscape 6.0, but Netscape 4.X has issues with the fact that the DatabaseVariable has spaces. If I do it from a conventional form, it works fine but that is not a desirable way of doing it. I've tried forcing both single and double quotes around the string, but that crashes the script to which it is being submitting. Removing the spaces from the database field itself is not an option. What else can I try?

Don
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[luciddream]

then Server.urlencode it. adam@aauser.com

 

[DonP]

Thanks. How is that done?

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[luciddream]

i think its Server.urlencode(varname)

atleast that's how its done in jscript.

most likely for vbscript its Server.urlencode varname adam@aauser.com

 

[DonP]

Not being a programmer, I was not able to figure out what to do with Server.urlencode. I did find here in the ASP forum, a JavaScript that will submit a form from a text hyperlink, but it has "issues" too! I would prefer not doing it with JavaScript anyway. Does anyone have any other ideas, or can someone give more details on Server.urlencode? Thanks!

Don
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[luciddream]

its like this:

variable = Server.urlencode somevariable

somevariable is what you want encoded, and variable is the return value. you will then use variable as the encoded variable.

you can use the same variable name for both. ex:

qu = Server.erlencode qu

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[wushutwist]

To use your example:

<A HREF=&quot;script.asp?DatabaseVariable=<%=Server.URLEncode(DoVar(rs(&quot;DatabaseVariable&quot))%>&quot;>Same Variable Here</a>



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[DonP]

Ah, that makes more sense! I was trying to put it on the receiving page rather than the sending one. Does the receiving page need anything special too? Doing it per your example, it works just exactly like it did without it, which doesn't make sense to me. I would think that it should at least have given an error, but it didn't.

Don
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[DonP]

My simplified example showed only one value being passed on. Actually there are several, but only the one is causing a problem. Some are hard-coded, while others are variables coming from the database. The rest do not have spaces in them. But could that be the reason it continues to not work?

Don
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[DonP]

Got it! What I had to do was to redeclare the value and put it into a new, simpler variable where there was only one set of quotes with which to deal.

This did not work:

<A HREF=&quot;script.asp?DatabaseVariable=<%=Server.URLEncode(DoVar(rs(&quot;DatabaseVariable&quot;)))%>&quot;>Same Variable Here</a>

But this does:

<%DatabaseVariable = (DoVar(rs(&quot;DatabaseVariable&quot;)))%>
<A HREF=&quot;script.asp?DatabaseVariable=<%=Server.URLEncode(&quot;DatabaseVariable&quot;)%>&quot;>Same Variable Here</a>

Thanks everybody!

Don
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