How: Ampersand in AppSettings value??

Eidolon

I am wondering how i can put an ampersand character into the value attribute
of a key in the appSettings section of my web.config file. If i try to
simply type it in, then run my web app, i get the following error:
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Parser Error Message: This is an unexpected token. The expected token is
'SEMICOLON'. Line 70, position -3896.

Source Error:

Line 68: </system.web>
Line 69: <appSettings>
Line 70: <add key="specsheet"
value="http://dev.domain.com/products/prodspecs.aspx?atrs=y&prodid=" />
Line 71: </appSettings>
Line 72: </configuration>
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I've tried to escape the character as "\&" but that didnt do anything.

Thanks in advance,
- Aaron.

Jul 21 '05 #1

Adrian Banks

Try &amp;

Adrian

"Eidolon" <aabdis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I am wondering how i can put an ampersand character into the value[/color]
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> of a key in the appSettings section of my web.config file. If i try to
> simply type it in, then run my web app, i get the following error:
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> ------------------------------------------------
> Parser Error Message: This is an unexpected token. The expected token is
> 'SEMICOLON'. Line 70, position -3896.
>
> Source Error:
>
> Line 68: </system.web>
> Line 69: <appSettings>
> Line 70: <add key="specsheet"
> value="http://dev.domain.com/products/prodspecs.aspx?atrs=y&prodid=" />
> Line 71: </appSettings>
> Line 72: </configuration>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------[/color]
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> ------------------------------------------------
> I've tried to escape the character as "\&" but that didnt do anything.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> - Aaron.
>
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Jul 21 '05 #2

Eidolon

> Try &amp;

that works... thanks!

- Aaron.

Jul 21 '05 #3

Ewen Phillips

Aaron,

Try using &amp; in place of the ampersand character or the
decimal code equivalent.

The following may be worth noting:-
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?
url=/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/charsets/charset1.asp

Ewen.
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>I am wondering how i can put an ampersand character into[/color]
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>simply type it in, then run my web app, i get the[/color]
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>Source Error:
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>Line 68: </system.web>
>Line 69: <appSettings>
>Line 70: <add key="specsheet"
>value="http://dev.domain.com/products/prodspecs.aspx?[/color]
atrs=y&prodid=" />[color=blue]
>Line 71: </appSettings>
>Line 72: </configuration>
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>I've tried to escape the character as "\&" but that didnt[/color]
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>Thanks in advance,
>- Aaron.
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Jul 21 '05 #4