[thelist] ColdFusion - encode entities?

[Raymond Camden]

> 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).
>

Eh? What do you mean you have to decode it? No you don't. CF automatically
decodes the query string into URL parameters for you. You _can_, if you
want, decode CGI.QUERY_STRING, but you don't have to. (Your email makes it
sound like you have to if you are running CF4.5, this is not the case.)

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