url escape characters

[malonep]

I am trying to pass a string with special characters to another page.

I build my next page and pass it in the string
"details.asp?caption=!%40%23%24%25%5E%26*()". When I link to that page the url of that page will show in the address bar as "details.asp?caption=!@#$%^&*()" and when I try to show the "caption" string it only shows as !@

Why is my browser (IE or Netscape) converting the url page to the regular symbols? How do I force it to show !@#$%^&*()

(Although an extreme example it would be the main symbols that this string could contain)


Thanks,
malonep

 

[ChrisHunt]

when I try to show the "caption" string

How are you showing this string?

-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
Extra Connections Ltd

 

[malonep]

I go

      strCaption = Request.QueryString("caption")
      %>

      <tr>
        <td>Name: </td>
        <td><%=strCaption%></td>
      </tr>

when the addressbar shows !@#$%^&*() I only see !@ but, if I type into the address bar !%40%23%24%25%5E%26*() I will see the whole string

 

[vbkris]

so why not use the HTML encoded strings???

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[malonep]

what is HTML encoded strings and how do I use them?

 

[vbkris]

!%40%23%24%25%5E%26*()

%40 is a HTML Query string equivalent to @,similarly the other characters.

how are u passing the variables? using javascript???

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[malonep]

on the main page I go in javascript (for debugging it is actually the following line)

window.open("details.asp?caption=!%40%23%24%25%5E%26*()","Details");

and when I link to the the details.asp page the url shows

http://localhost/details.asp?caption=!@#$%^&*()

and I show it by

strCaption = Request.QueryString("caption")
      %>

      <tr>
        <td>Name: </td>
        <td><%=strCaption%></td>
      </tr>

if on the details page I manually change the url in the address bar to be

http://localhost/details.asp?caption=!@#$%^&*()

and press enter then the proper string shows in its entirety

Both Netscape and IE seem to be replacing my string with %34 etc. to show the symbols.

 

[vbkris]

TheCaption="!%40%23%24%25%5E%26*()"
TheCaption=urlencode(TheCaption)
window.open("details.asp?caption="+TheCaption,"Details");


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