Re: remotely add + sign

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1997

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 13310
interpreted = N
texte = In general you shouldn't have to worry about encoding unless you are hardcoding your own input fields or building up your own strings. It,unfortunately, can be a really confusing issue. There is a pretty goodexplanation of when to encode and when not to in the user manual (I hope itis good). A real ROUGH rule of thumb is to always make sure the names andvalues of any parameters are encoded before they are sent to WebCatalog.This can be done automatically by the browser if people type into inputfields, or it can be done in a WebDNA template using the [url] context.This rule of thumb isn't too clear as well...John.>>+ is a special character (browsers convert space characters to a plus sign)>>so it must be escaped with %2B (you can verify this with the following>>WebDNA: [url]+[/url]). Thanks.>>Thanks John: That worked beautifully! Any other special characters?>How about the ampersand (&) going through WITHOUT relying on webcat doing>any processing?>>Aloha,>>Olin>>.....................................................................>W O R L D P O I N T I N T E R A C T I V E OLIN KEALOHA LAGON> director, website creation>Honolulu San Francisco> 2800 woodlawn drive 222 sutter street olin@worldpoint.com> suite 170 sixth floor www.worldpoint.com> honolulu, hi 96822 san francisco, ca 94108>> voice.808.539.3978 fax.808.539.3943 cell.808.291.1610>.....................................................................John A. Hill Pacific Coast Software11770 Bernardo Plaza Ct. #453 * Web tools for Macintosh and WinNT *San Diego, CA 92128 http://www.smithmicro.com Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

In general you shouldn't have to worry about encoding unless you are hardcoding your own input fields or building up your own strings. It,unfortunately, can be a really confusing issue. There is a pretty goodexplanation of when to encode and when not to in the user manual (I hope itis good). A real ROUGH rule of thumb is to always make sure the names andvalues of any parameters are encoded before they are sent to WebCatalog.This can be done automatically by the browser if people type into inputfields, or it can be done in a WebDNA template using the [url] context.This rule of thumb isn't too clear as well...John.>>+ is a special character (browsers convert space characters to a plus sign)>>so it must be escaped with %2B (you can verify this with the following>>WebDNA: [url]+[/url]). Thanks.>>Thanks John: That worked beautifully! Any other special characters?>How about the ampersand (&) going through WITHOUT relying on webcat doing>any processing?>>Aloha,>>Olin>>.....................................................................>W O R L D P O I N T I N T E R A C T I V E OLIN KEALOHA LAGON> director, website creation>Honolulu San Francisco> 2800 woodlawn drive 222 sutter street olin@worldpoint.com> suite 170 sixth floor www.worldpoint.com> honolulu, hi 96822 san francisco, ca 94108>> voice.808.539.3978 fax.808.539.3943 cell.808.291.1610>.....................................................................John A. Hill Pacific Coast Software11770 Bernardo Plaza Ct. #453 * Web tools for Macintosh and WinNT *San Diego, CA 92128 http://www.smithmicro.com John Hill

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Re: remotely add + sign

1997

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