Have you tried URLEncoding the String? I believe it would be something
like:
query += java.net.URLEncoder.encode(" AND CATEGORY<CONTAINS> (" +
categoryQuery + ')');
(*Chris*)
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From: "Lance Prais" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 2:55 PM
Subject: [SERVLET-INTEREST] JSP String not reconizing a variable
> I am trying to include "<CONTAINS>" in the building of a query string
but
> no matter what I try I can not get the browser to recognize it.
>
> This Line:
> query = query + " AND CATEGORY<CONTAINS> (" + categoryQuery + ")";
>
> If the categoryQuery = "ALL"
> The result would be as follows:
> CATEGORY(ALL) As you see it completely ingnores the <CONTAINS> or
anything
> that is inclosed by <>
>
> //Category
> // If query is more than one word
> if (envCategory.length() > 0) {
> StringTokenizer st=new StringTokenizer(envCategory);
> //break the string up so that individual words in the query are now
> delimited by commas (implied accrue)
> while (st.hasMoreTokens()){
> String tmpToken=st.nextToken();
> categoryQuery=categoryQuery + tmpToken + "," ;
> }
> //trim off the trailing ","
>
categoryQuery=categoryQuery.substring(0,categoryQuery.length()-1);
> if (query.length() > 0) {
> query = query + " AND CATEGORY<CONTAINS> (" +
categoryQuery + ")";
> } else {
> // query=categoryQuery;
> // query = "<ACCRUE> (CATEGORY<CONTAINS>\"" + query + "\",
> CATEGORY<CONTAINS>\"" + query + "\"<AND> Home, CATEGORY<CONTAINS>\"" +
query
> + "\",[20]('" + query + "'))";
>
> }
> }
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