[thelist] .NET [C#], DropDownList, HTMLEncode

[Matt Warden]

On 9/7/06, Chris at globet.com <Chris at globet.com> wrote:
> Guys
>
> Thanks for the responses. I haven't had time to address this particular
> problem any further, but I'll post if I find a solution. I understand
> what you're saying, but I still don't see why ampersands would (or
> should) be HTML encoded. Unfortunately I cannot change the string that
> I'm using, as it comes from a database. I get the same issue whether or
> not I use the string from the database or hard-code it as a string
> literal.

Chris:

The thought is that it is *not* being treated as if it were
HTML-encoded. It is being treated as a literal string. So, if you type
"&amp;", you will get "&amp;" just as if you had typed "asdf" and got
"asdf".

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Matt Warden
Cleveland, OH, USA
http://mattwarden.com


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