I agree, if you can find an already built-in function to handle whatever you're trying to do, go for it. I did stumble across this though: http://www.pstruh.cz/tips/detpg_URLDecode.htm Chris Blessing webguy at mail.rit.edu http://www.330i.net > What exactly are you trying to do? There might be a workaround > to have ASP > do the work; e.g. use request.querystring, etc. > > Josh >