passing characters in URL

[namtax]

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 linky

many thanks

[cf_dev2 · Accepted solution]

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#'

[namtax]

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

[cf_dev2]

> 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.

[namtax]

ok...just on my way out, thanks for this, will have a go and get back to you...

[namtax]

worked like an absolute charm...

brilliant