Andre is correct. Semi-colon is a valid query string separator, in addition to ampersand &. HTTP 1.x being so widely deployed, it is very hard to change the spec. So supporting semi-colon is a W3C recommendation.
C.f. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_string -- jeff On 10/10/11 2:11 PM, "André Warnier" <a...@ice-sa.com> wrote: >I believe that at some point, a bare semi-colon was/is considered as an >alternative to >"&", to separate post parameters. >
