Sam, I'm hoping that by ASP you mean ASP.NET, because there is an easy solution for this. The problem lies in the fact that the Server.URLEncode class is NOT javascript-friendly.
I solved this be accessing the MS javascript engine from within .NET, with: Microsoft.JScript.GlobalObject.encodeURIComponent(strParmChoices); This will encode a space as %20, rather than a +. Also, any number of special characters are properly converted. On the client side, use decodeURIComponent(val) You'll probably need to add the Microsoft.Jscript dll to your project. JK P.S. This also works with escape and unescape, as in: SERVER: Microsoft.JScript.GlobalObject.escape(strParmChoices); CLIENT: unescape(val); -----Original Message----- From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of SamCKayak Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 3:44 PM To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Subject: [jQuery] Ajax: ASP returns JSON to client In ASP, I am building a JSON object and escape the data using Server.URLEncode(strParmChoices) It seems this encodes blanks as a plus sign "+". Back in JavaScript, it looks like unescape("+") leaves the plus as a plus. I've band-aided the problem using unescape(json.strParmChoices).replace(/\+/g, ' '); /* replace all plusses with blanks */ Is there a better way to get this job done right? Sam
