I actually tried "escaping" the ampersand with:

2 ampersands
\&

neither works.

Dick
On Jun 29, 2004, at 5:32 PM, Jordan Michaels wrote:

> Would it be possible for you to do a Replace function on the path
> before
>  you pass it on to the tag? Just replace the one ampersand with two of
>  them and CF should interpret it correctly.
>
>  Just an idea...
>
>  --
>  Warm regards,
>  Jordan Michaels
>  Vivio Technologies
>  http://www.viviotech.net/
>  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>  Dick Applebaum wrote:
>
>  > On Jun 29, 2004, at 12:56 PM, Mark Drew wrote:
>  >
>  > > I am not sure if this would work (as I am not sure what precicely
> you
>  > >��are trying to achieve) but would CF mappings help in this case?
>  >
>  > I don't think mappings are the answer.
>  >
>  > Here's an example of the specific problem -- I want to serve an .mp3
>  > (could be a .mov) file from Apples iTunes directory sub-structure
> which
>  > might look as follows:
>  >
>  > --artist
>  > ----album
>  > -------track (song) name
>  >
>  > or
>  >
>  > --Willie Nelson & Ray Charles
>  > ----unKnown Album
>  > ------Seven Spanish Angels.mp3
>  >
>  > AFAIK, these fields can contain any valid character except colon (:)
>  >
>  > Now, I get the path to the tracks by parsing an XML file which
> yields a
>  > path:
>  >
>  > ..../iTunes Music/Willie Nelson & Ray Charles/unKnown Album/Seven
>  > Spanish Angels.mp3
>  >
>  > If I try to serve this with CFContent :
>  >
>  > <cfcontent type = "audio/mp3"
>  > file=#FilePath#
>  > deleteFile = "No">
>  >
>  > CFMX can't find the file -- it barfs on the & -- and I don't know
> how
>  > to escape it
>  >
>  > I suppose I could use a mapping and cflocation, but that exposes my
>  > file/directory structure.
>  >
>  > Dick
>  >
>  > "In times like these, it helps to recall that
>  > there have always been times like these."
>  > - Paul Harvey -
>  >
>
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