request.QueryString Disappearing + Please help

[liquidstar]

http://address?EID=52/B66-9865<+3<:<39;=236@,16

The request.QueryString("EID") is producing EID=52/B66-9865< 3<:<39;=236@,16, dropping the + symbol and adding a space.

Any ideas?

[edited by: encyclo at 8:02 pm (utc) on Feb. 7, 2006]
[edit reason] delinked [/edit]

[mattglet]

You need to use the Server.URLEncode() method (assuming you're using ASP) to escape the characters before placing them in the querystring.

[Argblat]

Request.Querystring interprets a "+" (plus) sign as a space....which is especially annoying when you are doing querystring encryptions and never know whats going to pop up up there.

The solution is to ALWAYS include .Replace(" ", "+") when you request querystring

Example:

string s = Request.QueryString["id"].Trim().Replace(" ", "+");

Hope that helps
-Mike

[mattglet]

The solution is to ALWAYS include .Replace(" ", "+") when you request querystring

The solution is to always escape your characters (using Server.URLEncode()) before sending them on to another page. You can then use the Unescape() function in classic ASP, or you can use Server.URLDecode() in .NET. There's no reason to mess around with replacing a bunch of different characters. A space isn't the only thing that gets messed up in a QueryString.