Response.Redirect; string truncates at "&"

[ZmrAbdulla]

I have a page redirect from a linkbutton like below.

    Protected Sub LinkButton1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        Dim Comp As String = Me.ListBox1.SelectedValue.ToString
        Dim Dept As String = Me.ListBox2.SelectedValue.ToString
        Response.Redirect("ShowDeptDocs.aspx?Comp=" + Comp + "&Dept=" + Dept)
    End Sub

Then in the load event of the "ShowDeptDocs" page I have this code to get the strings

    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        Dim Comp As String = Request.QueryString("Comp").ToString()
        Dim Dept As String = Request.QueryString("Dept").ToString()
        Me.LabelDisplay.Text = "Detalis of > " & Comp & " > " & Dept
    End Sub

It is working fine if there is no "&" in the string. If there is any "&" in the string then it truncates from there.
Eg:

Comp="XYZ & Co"
Dept="This & That dept"

This will pass only

Comp= "XYZ" 
Dept= "This"

as strings.

Is there any idea not to truncate the string or any other way to redirect the page.

thanks


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Zameer Abdulla
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[ca8msm]

You'll have to encode the strings as you pass them through and then decode them at the other end. Try this:

Dim Comp As String =  Server.UrlEncode(Me.ListBox1.SelectedValue.ToString)
Dim Dept As String =  Server.UrlEncode(Me.ListBox2.SelectedValue.ToString)

Dim Comp As String = Server.UrlDecode(Request.QueryString("Comp").ToString())
Dim Dept As String = Server.UrlDecode(Request.QueryString("Dept").ToString())

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[ZmrAbdulla]

Excellent!!!
That done the job.

Thanks


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Zameer Abdulla
Help to find Missing people
Sharp acids corrode their own containers.