""Brad Syputa - MS"" wrote:

> Try using URLEncoding on the parameter values.
>
> HttpUtility.UrlEncode("\\L & M Communications\433\")
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> | Thread-Topic: how to handle & in value passed via url
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> | Subject: how to handle & in value passed via url
> | Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 12:11:04 -0700
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> | I have a report that is being requested from an asp page that is building
> a
> | url.
> | It is passing the client name as one of the parameters and some of the
> | client names have ampersands in them (L & M Communications) How do I
> pass
> | the value that contains an ampersand? Similarly ... would a comma
> present a
> | problem as well as in Client, Inc. ?
> |
> | The parameters should be &ClientName=L & M Communications
> | @"http://usservername.com/ReportServer?/In
> | Development/URLresponseMonthly&PM_CLIENT_CODE=L & M
> | Communications&PM_GROUP_PATH=\\L & M
> | Communications\433\&rc:Parameters=Collapsed&PM_USE_TREE=T"
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