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If I want to pass a SQL WHERE clause as a URL parm, I need to encode all the parms, correct? So, I'm using Server.UrlEncode(parms) prior to doing the Response.Redirect. Now, on the other end when I want to extract the parms, I guess I need to decode first? I can Server.UrlDecode. But if I'm using HttpContext.Current.Request.QueryString to get the parm, how do I use both HttpContext.Current.Request.QueryString and Server.UrlDecode in combination?

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HLRosenberger

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do you mean:

Server.UrlDecode(HttpContext.Current.Request.QueryString(parms).ToString())

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HLRosenberger

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I tried that. it does not work. I have this:

report_id = Server.UrlDecode(HttpContext.Current.Request.QueryString("report_id").ToString())

This part is nothing:

HttpContext.Current.Request.QueryString("report_id")

because it does not find the "report_id" because everything after the ? in the URL is encoded. So, How do I extract parms from an encoded URL? If not encoded, this works fine:

HttpContext.Current.Request.QueryString("report_id")

HLRosenberger

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I got it working. Only the data is supposed to be encoded. I was encoding everything after the ?.

Thanks!

HLRosenberger

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I've requested that this question be closed as follows:

Accepted answer: 0 points for HLRosenberger's comment #a39185478

for the following reason:

thanks

HLRosenberger

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Thanks