The problem isn't Fusebox-specific, it's just that & is a URL special
character. Here's a way to work around it:
When you send the variable through a URL, run it through URLEncodedFormat()
TWICE:
<cflocation
url="index.cfm?fuseaction="#FA1#&foo=#URLEncodedFormat(URLEncodedFormat(foo))#">
Then in your process, use URLDecode() to get it back into proper form:
<cfoutput>
#URLDecode(url.foo)#
</cfoutput>
It's a bit of a bear, but it works. On the other hand, if you avoid using URL
variables you don't have to worry about it. You could shove the value into a
hidden field on a form that calls your action URL and auto-submit the form with
JavaScript. Nothing gets exposed in the browser address window, and you don't
have to deal the vagaries of URL formats.
- Jeff
On 21 Mar 2001, at 19:19, Chris Montgomery wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I've hit a brick wall and can't get around it. What I need to do is pass an
> ampersand (&) in a URL variable. For example, "Company_A_&_B" is supposed to
> be sent as part of a URL variable.
>
> On the page that receives this URL variable, it stops after it spits out
> "Company_A_", when it gets to the ampersand. I've tried URLEncodedFormat,
> and I've also tried HTMLEditFormat, but no luck. I'm wondering if
> formurl2attributes.cfm is causing the problem.
>
> Anyone run up against this before when using & in URL's with Fusebox?
>
> TIA,
>
> Chris Montgomery [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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