How to put '&' in request query string

[Atul Samnerkar]

Hello,

We are facing problem when we have '&' in our query string. For example http://somehost/somepage.jsp?key1=value1&key2=A&B.

Here key2 value is A&B but because & is a separator for query string, we only get A as value.

We cannot really use POST here because this is a hyperlink and not a form submit.

How can I fix this so that I can correctly get values in the target page of hyperlink on server side (somepage.jsp).

-Regards
Atul

[Freddy Wong]

You need to encode the URL. The HttpServletResponse has encodeURL() method .Ampersand is %38 if I remember correctly.

[Manjusha Muraleedas]

Please post the address of any site/resource explaining this encoding technique?

I googled for "URL Encoding Technique" . but i didnt get any useful link.

[Bear Bibeault]

On the server use URLEncoder.encode(). On the client encodeURIComponent() oe encodeURI().

[Hussein Baghdadi]

Manjusha Muraleedas wrote:
I googled for "URL Encoding Technique" . but i didnt get any useful link.

Seriously?

[Hebert Coelho]

John Todd wrote:

Manjusha Muraleedas wrote:
I googled for "URL Encoding Technique" . but i didnt get any useful link.

Seriously?

Maybe he checked just the first link... O.o

Dude, i did that research and i found tons of links....

Go there and be happy.

[Manjusha Muraleedas]

Sorry for wasting your time...i didnt had any idea about it... I am new to servlet world and just started studying the basics...

Thank you Bear Bibeault for the help...:-)