&nbsp appears in a dynamic url

The following URL is a bit strange on my site not sure where the &nbsp



http://www.ansador.co.uk/card_access_swipe_cards_and_card_access_systems.asp?category=Card%20Access&subcategory=Swipe Cards and Card Access Systems
mraconnorAsked:
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KripzCommented:
Hi,
While creating the URL dynamically replace the " " with "%20"... Now the above URL will be something like this,
http://www.ansador.co.uk/card_access_swipe_cards_and_card_access_systems.asp?category=Card%20Access&subcategory=Swipe%20Cards%20and%20Card%20Access%20Systems

Cheers...
Saran
http://www.thesysteminfo.com
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mraconnorAuthor Commented:
cn you explain why this is
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Leon FesterSenior Solutions ArchitectCommented:
" "  is a HTML tag
i.e. it must be parsed through a HTML browser in order to render the "space"
%20 is the standard "space" placeholder for URL's
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mraconnorAuthor Commented:
any idear wherer the &nbsp are coming from as i don't think they are in the code
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mraconnorAuthor Commented:
is it to do with this line of code in the page

mm_menu_0410170422_0.addMenuItem("<img src='images/arrow_red.gif' align='middle'>&nbsp;Swipe&nbsp;Cards&nbsp;and&nbsp;Access&nbsp;Cards","location='card_access_swipe_cards_and_card_access_systems.asp?category=Card Access&subcategory=Swipe&nbsp;Cards&nbsp;and&nbsp;Card&nbsp;Access&nbsp;Systems'");
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Leon FesterSenior Solutions ArchitectCommented:
yip that is the problem...
Your URL is enclosed in quotes("") so anything inbetween is treated as part of the string.
Hence in your example the &nbsp is included in the actual string.

You should be able to just leave the spaces in the string, and it will be updated accordingly.
try entering a URL with spaces directly in your browser and you'll see that it automatically replaces the spaces with %20.
e.g.
Entering http://www.this is  a test.com in your browser
results in this http://www.this%20is%20a%20test.com/ when it returns that the page is not available.
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KripzCommented:
Yes, Please replace that line with this,
mm_menu_0410170422_0.addMenuItem("<img src='images/arrow_red.gif' align='middle'>&nbsp;Swipe&nbsp;Cards&nbsp;and&nbsp;Access&nbsp;Cards","location='card_access_swipe_cards_and_card_access_systems.asp?category=Card Access&subcategory=Swipe%20Cards%20and%20Card%20Access%20Systems'");

Cheers...
Saran
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KripzCommented:
Alternatively you can also use this,

mm_menu_0410170422_0.addMenuItem("<img src='images/arrow_red.gif' align='middle'>&nbsp;Swipe&nbsp;Cards&nbsp;and&nbsp;Access&nbsp;Cards","location='card_access_swipe_cards_and_card_access_systems.asp?category=Card Access&subcategory=Swipe Cards and Card Access Systems'");

Cheers...
Saran
http://www.thesysteminfo.com
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