Re: FN-FORUM: IIS changes escaped characters in URL... HELP!!!

date posted 30th January 2004 15:03

> Dan,
> Thanks for replying, I should have explained it further. I am "URL
> Encoding" it when launching a new window with the URL shown. The window
that
> opens URL decodes the values. However, at some point after sending the URL
> to IIS, but before IIS returns the page, it has changed the %EF %BF (or
> whatever) codes to %3F (code for question mark character). It may be to do
> with the fact that the characters I'm sending in the url are vowels with
> acute accents (both upper and lower) plus the euro symbol (as this site
has
> to handle Irish Language and Euro currency).
> What's so strange is that it works perfectly on my WinXPPro SP1
> +IIS6 system.
>
> Hope someone can help!
>
> Dave.

Could you be filthy, and before you send the characters on their merry way,
replace them with some horrible code (like !#a#! or something) of your own?
Then when you get them, replace the horrible code back to the characters in
question, with the natty use of some replace statements?