Both MS's Web Folder explorer and Independent DAV allow you to create folders and files with # and & - so yes, you can expect them.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Warwick Burrows" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Slide Users Mailing List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 4:23 PM Subject: RE: Issue with # character in file name > > Ok thanks. But I'm also trying to understand when I would ever see a '#' or > an '&' character in a slide uri? I'd like to avoid using them if I have the > choice to do so. Can I avoid the whole problem entirely just by making sure > I don't name any of my files or collections with these chars in them? Or is > there another circumstance that I can't control where the '#' or '&' char > will be passed to slide in a uri whether I like it or not? > > Thanks, > Warwick > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Julian Reschke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 3:13 PM > > To: Slide Users Mailing List > > Subject: Re: Issue with # character in file name > > > > > > Warwick Burrows wrote: > > > I'm trying to understand what circumstances would cause > > slide uris to > > > contain either a '#' or an '&' character? Can document or > > collection > > > names > > > > For "#": > > > > the URI can not contain the "#" character inside a path segment, > > therefore it needs to be percent-escaped (see > > <http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc2396.html#rfc.section.2.4.1>) > > > > For "&": > > > > the URI *can* contain the "&" character inside a path > > segment, therefore > > it doesn't need to be escaped (see > > <http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc2396.html#rfc.iref.76>) > > > > > legally contain these characters? Or are we talking about a case > > > where slide is serving html documents and/or CGI scripts as > > content to > > > which you could pass a reference with '#' or parameters > > with the '&' > > > char? > > > > Nope. > > > > In both cases, Microsoft's client doesn't handle legal URIs properly > > (although these problems have been reported to MS through > > their official > > support channels a long time ago). > > > > Best regards, Julian > > > > -- > > <green/>bytes GmbH -- http://www.greenbytes.de -- tel:+492512807760 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
