If create the request from a Uri, you can have some control over this. Try this:
Uri uri = new Uri(uriString,true); HttpWebRequest req = WebRequest.Create(uri); The bool in the Uri constructor tells it to not escape the string. The Uri.UserEscaped property tells you if it has been escaped or not. Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 29 April 2002 19:44 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [DOTNET] Character escapes and HttpWebResponse > > > Does anyone know the rules for how the HttpWebResponse > handles the path and > query escapes in URIs? If I request a page with the following format: > > http://www.somewhere.com/page.asp?#section > > the HttpWebResponse.ResponseUri.AbsoluteUri is > > http://www.somewhere.com/page.asp?%29section > > It looks like the # has been escaped. Is this the correct > behaviour for this > Uri? It doesn't seem like it to me. What rules does the > HttpWebResponse > object follow, as regards to when to escape characters and > when not to. > > Thanks, > Erick > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe > from DOTNET, or > subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
