pete, :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : From: Pete Prodoehl : : Hello all, is there a way for ColdFusion : to encode characters to make things : 'query string friendly'? :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sure, look into the function -- URLEncodedFormat() and, if you're running host is running cf v4.5+ then you'll need to use URLDecode() to return the encoded value back to a readable format (previous versions used to do that automatically for you). good luck, .jeff http://evolt.org/ jeff at members.evolt.org http://members.evolt.org/jeff/