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Webmaster Forum / ColdFusion / Advanced Techniques / September 2007passing characters in URL
Hi all Was just wondering if there is any way of getting past passing specific characters in the URL.. On my music website I have found that if a song has # or & or ( or ' in the title, the link will not work... for example if you navigate to the release named funeral on the link below, and click any song with the # symbol in the title it wont work.. heres the link http://www.musicexplained.net/a/home.cfm?a=arcade+fire many thanks You should use URLEncodedFormat() to properly encode the variables in the link > WHERE song_sng.id_sng=#id_sng.id_sng# The error seems to occur on this line. If #id_sng.id_sng# is a string, you should use single quotes around the value or use cfqueryparam WHERE song_sng.id_sng= '#id_sng.id_sng#' hi there... when i use URLEncodedFormat() to encode the variables in the link, i get an error message on the page... and when i use single quotes around the value, the page shows, but theres no info on the page... if you click on any song under record "funeral"...with # in the title, you will see that no info appears on the page.. http://www.musicexplained.net/a/home.cfm?a=arcade+fire cheers > i get an error message on the page... What is the error message? It works fine with a title like "Neighborhood #1 (tunnels)". > the page shows, but theres no info on the page... That's probably because you're not using URLEncodedFormat. Parameter values (with # signs, spaces, etc) may not be pass correctly if they aren't properly encoded. In any case a better method is to pass the song id, not the title. For example, if your table contains two columns: SongID , SongTitle 22, Neighborhood #1 (tunnels) You should pass the ID (22) as url parameter. ok...just on my way out, thanks for this, will have a go and get back to you... worked like an absolute charm... brilliant |
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