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Hi all,

I have a strange issue.

Url pattern = "~/app/4/Search/"SearchTerm""

The "SearchTerm" is a string entered in Search text box as is with single or double quotes, and up on clicking the Search button, the page gets redirected to the above URL.

Everything works fine in non IE browsers.

But in IE, up on clicking Search button, page not found is shown...

Please suggest how to fix this in IE. Thanks in advance!
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Updated 23-Feb-22 3:32am
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Maciej Los 9-Jul-14 10:19am    
Use search term without single/double quotes ;)
CHill60 9-Jul-14 10:21am    
escape the double-quotes e.g. Url pattern = "~/app/4/Search/\"SearchTerm\"";

1 solution

Try "URLEncode"ing the quotes:
Double quote (") becomes "
Single quote (') becomes '

If the url is being generated dynamically, you can use Server.UrlEncode(url) to automatically encode the whole url.

If you only need to encode part of the url, you can do something like this:
C#
string url = string.Format("~/app/4/Search/{0}", Server.UrlEncode(searchTerm));

I highly recommend that urls (in whole or part) entered in a textbox be encoded prior to use.
 
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ZurdoDev 10-Jul-14 15:05pm    
+5
Maciej Los 10-Jul-14 16:05pm    
+5!
Maciej Los 10-Jul-14 16:08pm    
BTW: Sygitowicz... - sounds like a polish surname. Have you polish roots?
Cheers,
Maciej

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