Re: Encoding "=". Catalina does not understand http parameter withun-encoded equal sign inside param value

[Craig R. McClanahan]

On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Roytman, Alex wrote:

> Hello
> 
> Catalina does not understand http parameter with un-encoded equal sign
> inside
> i.e. myparam=fname='alex';lname='roytman'
> It use to work in Tomcat 3.x and I wonder if equal sign in parameter
> value has to be encoded according to specs or not
> 
Yep ... both equal signs and ampersandes must be encoded.  For Tomcat 3.x,
you were just lucky, I guess.

Craig