> I use <a > href="setquotedefaults.cfm?quotefrom=#quotefrom#">Quote > creation successful. Click here to continue</a> > > Now, the problem that I have is if the user entry contains > any special characters like & or " setquotedefaults.cfm only > reads up to the special character and truncates the rest. I > have checked the program that is passing the info and the > bottom gray bar on my IE browser shows the correct path, > program and values. I have also checked my SQL tables and > the data was added properly (Text with the special characters). > What do I need to do to stop the truncating?
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