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ASP in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

by A. Keyton Weissinger
July 2000
Intermediate to advanced
492 pages
14h 53m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

URLEncode — Server.URLEncode (strURL )

Synopsis

Encodes a string that can then be sent over the address line as a query string.

Parameters

strURL

The string value you want to encode to send over the address line as a query string.

Example

<%

' The following encodes the URL 
' http://www.myserver.com/apps/search.asp
Dim strOldURL
Dim strNewURL

strOldURL = "http://www.myserver.com/apps/search.asp"
strNewURL = Server.URLEncode(strOldURL)

' This encoding results in the following string value being
' placed in the strNewURL variable:
' http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emyserver%2Ecom%2Fapps%2Fsearch%2Easp

' This new string value could be used in a query string to 
' represent a "next script," as demonstrated here:

%>
<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>URLEncode Example</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>
<FORM ACTION="/apps/CalcAndRedirect.asp?newURL=<%=strNewURL%>" METHOD = POST>
<INPUT TYPE = TEXT NAME = "First Value">
<INPUT TYPE = TEXT NAME = "Second Value">
<INPUT TYPE = SUBMIT NAME = "Calculate Results">
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Notes

The URLEncode method, like the HTMLEncode method, is straightforward and easy to use. It is imperative that you use the URLEncode method any time you are forced to send information over the address line instead of posting information using the POST method. If you do not encode your information and place it into the QueryString collection (through the GET method), its interpretation is unpredictable, depending on the data sent.

If you send information in the query string (i.e., from visible frame ...

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