----- Original Message ----- From: "Duane Boudreau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Is there another character besides & that html will recognize as a url parameter seperator other then & ? ----------------------------
As some people have mentioned already, all query string delimiter ampersands in HTML URLs need to be escaped as "&". Try clicking an unescaped URL like "index.cfm?page=copy&action=edit©ID=23" in some v. 4 browsers to see why (clue: does "©" remind you of anything? ;-) This means escaping any URLs like this in <a href>, <form action>, JS event handlers, etc., etc. - any URL that gets parsed by the HTML engine. I think URLs inside actual JS scripts (not event handlers or pseudo-protocols) are OK. As for alternatives, the 'standard' is actually supposed to be the semicolon: "HTTP server implementors, and in particular, CGI implementors are encouraged to support the use of `;' in place of `&' to save users the trouble of escaping `&' characters this way." (from RFC1866, "HTML 2.0", http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1866.html) That's going waaaay back! No idea why we've been lumbered with ampersands as the default standard. Also I've never configured a server to use semicolons, but I can't imagine it's too difficult. - Gyrus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - [EMAIL PROTECTED] work: http://www.tengai.co.uk play: http://www.norlonto.net - PGP key available ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
