CGI.QUERY_STRING and escaped URL elements

Hi all,

I'm now using CGI.QUERY_STRING to send URL variables to an action page.

the syntax of the URL is: index.cfm?something=something&somethingelse=somethingelse

I know the escaped code for ampersand is & and all of my hard coded URL variables use the escaped method. BUT CGI.QUERY_STRING seems to revert the escaped ampersand back into a "&" BEFORE the request is sent to the server.

This doesn't break my application BUT it creates a standards compliancy problem. I want my HTML to validate at the W3.org
but the unescaped "&" is NOT standard compliant.

Can anyone help me? I think this might be a unique question in this forum.

Nathan

You can try using URLDecode() to convert it back to a standard ampersand.

Up to now, I've never used URLDecode and URLEncode for certain reasons. This means I don't know the syntax or code structure to make your suggestion work.

This is the string I need to encode then decode.

action="<cfoutput>#CGI.SCRIPT_NAME#?#CGI.QUERY_STRING#</cfoutput>"

Will the ENCODE go between the pounds on the QUERY_STRING or somewhere else? How to I DECODE this string and where?

Thanks...
Nathan

I'd just try it a few different ways. Maybe something like this?

action="<cfoutput>#CGI.SCRIPT_NAME#?#urlDecode( CGI.QUERY_STRING )#</cfoutput>"