Don't want ASP.net escape my string from database

Question

I have a field with product name

abc® product1

If I get the data from the database and databind it to the dropdownlist. It becomes

<option value="2">abc &amp;reg;  product1</option>

I don't want ASP.net to escape the ® to %amp;reg. What should I do?

Answer 1

In your database you shouldn't store abc® product1 but abc® product1. Then when this value is rendered on the page you need to HTML encode it which happens automatically if you use <asp:DropDownList.

Answer 2

You want to HTML encode the string prior to it being shown in the HTML. This will preserve its name