Laurie:
FYI, I got a response from someone on comp.lang.java.programmer.
They suggested using the java.net.URI class.
I tried it and it works perfectly.
Thanks,
Neil
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Aggarwal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 9:38 PM
> To: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: [OT] Force URLEncoder to use %20 instead of + for spaces
>
>
> Laurie:
>
> Did you try these two URLs I put in my email?
>
> Why does this fail:
> http://dev.rentclubs.com/~maryanne/images/clubs/Driver/Ping+G2
> +Driver.gif
>
> and this one work:
> http://dev.rentclubs.com/~maryanne/images/clubs/Driver/Ping%20
> G2%20Driver.gi
> f
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Neil
>
> --
> Neil Aggarwal, JAMM Consulting, (214) 986-3533, www.JAMMConsulting.com
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Laurie Harper
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 5:12 PM
> > To: user@struts.apache.org
> > Subject: Re: [OT] Force URLEncoder to use %20 instead of +
> for spaces
> >
> >
> > Neil Aggarwal wrote:
> > > Hello:
> > >
> > > When I encode the name of an image file to place into a
> > URL, I use this
> > > code:
> > >
> > > URLEncoder.encode(imageName,"UTF-8")
> > >
> > > This gives me image names with spaces replaced by + signs
> > which IE does not
> > > like.
> > >
> > > If I change the spaces to %20, the URL works perfectly in IE.
> > >
> > > For example, if my image name is Ping G2 Driver.gif,
> > URLEncoder gives me
> > > this URL:
> > >
> > <http://dev.rentclubs.com/~maryanne/images/clubs/Driver/Ping+G
> > 2+Driver.gif>
> > >
> > http://dev.rentclubs.com/~maryanne/images/clubs/Driver/Ping+G2
> +Driver.gif
> >
> > If I try to load this URL in IE, it gives me a 404 error.
> >
> > If I use the exact same url with %20, it works just fine:
> >
> >
> <http://dev.rentclubs.com/~maryanne/images/clubs/Driver/Ping%2
> 0G2%20Driver.g
> > if>
> >
> http://dev.rentclubs.com/~maryanne/images/clubs/Driver/Ping%20
> G2%20Driver.gi
> > f
> >
> > I thought + and %20 were both acceptable for spaces in a URL, but
> apparently
> > IE does not like the plus signs.
> >
> > Is there a way to force URLEncoder to use %20 instead of + signs?
>
> Nope. '+' is canonical and should work fine. What encoding
> are you sending
> your pages with? That's the only thing I can think of that
> might make a
> difference.
>
> L.
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> http://www.holoweb.net/laurie
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