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Answer 1

+6 A:

You need to encode your values by calling Server.UrlEncode before putting them into the URL.

If your values are in an array, you'll need to use a loop. If you want precise instructions, you'll need to show us your current code.

SLaks 2010-02-24 14:15:55

+1 although where I work it's common practise to use Server.UrlEncode instead.

Ed Woodcock 2010-02-24 14:18:23

If you're writing a client app, you might not have System.Web referenced.

SLaks 2010-02-24 14:19:32

Answer 2

+6 A:

The ampersand (&) is a special character in a url. So the above URL is being interprested as www.google.com with three arguments: 2 Departments and a Finance.

Try using:

System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlEncode(string url)

to encode the URL.

Jeff Hornby 2010-02-24 14:18:21

Hi Jeff Could you tell me how to use it with NameValueCollection..as the main problem is I am using that to get the Name and Value from the query string....

TSSS22 2010-02-24 16:17:48

You need to use UrlEncode when you're creating the querystring. You can encode each piece of the URL separately before concatenating them together: string URL = "www.google.com?" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode("Department=Education

Jeff Hornby 2010-02-24 17:00:56

Answer 3

+2 A:

The values in the query string should be url encoded. Now there is no way to determine the difference between the & characters that separate the value pairs and the & character inside one of the values. Also, eventhough most browsers will accept spaces in an URL, that is invalid according to the standard.

In the value Education & Finance you have to encode the spaces as + or %20, and the & character as %26 so that it becomes Education%20%26%20Finance.

So the correct URL should be:

www.google.com?Department=Education%20%26%20Finance&Department=Health

Guffa 2010-02-24 14:19:13

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