passing value that contains an ampersand 1

[snix1]

Hi! My template has a link that passes a parameter to another cf template. The value of the parameter happens to be AT&T. The ampersand causes a problem, as a new parameter is expected. In the template, it comes across at AT. I tried the special ampersand construct of ampersand followed by amp;, but it still didn't work. I also tried some creative placing of quotes, etc., to no avail. Does anyone have any ideas?

Here is a code fragment:

<cfoutput query=&quot;getit&quot;>
<tr><td><a href=&quot;getinfo.cfm&quot;>state_abbr#</a></td>
    <td><a href=&quot;getvendor.cfm&quot;>#vendor#</a></td>
    <td><a href=&quot;gethardware.cfm?hardware_name=#hardware#&quot;>#hardware#</a></td>
    <td>#software#</td>
</tr>
</cfoutput>

Thanks!

 

[pigsie]

Try using the URLencodedFormat()function also you missed a # on the second line.

<cfoutput query=&quot;getit&quot;>
<tr><td><a href=&quot;getinfo.cfm&quot;>#state_abbr#</a></td>
<td><a href=&quot;getvendor.cfm&quot;>#vendor#</a></td>
<td><a href=&quot;gethardware.cfm?hardware_name=#URLencodedFormat(hardware)#&quot;>#hardware#</a></td>
<td>#software#</td>
</tr>
</cfoutput>

Let me know if this works as i havent tried it myself!

Kola

 

[snix1]

Thanks Pigsie!

It worked great...I wonder how I ever missed that one!

Thanks, again!

Susan :-D

 

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