asp redirect querystring issue

[cwalling]

Hello, I have a variable set up with my query strings for easy use in linking to pages. e.g:

dim QS
QS = "?blah=blah&blah2=blah2"

html code:
<a href="somepage.asp<%=(QS)%>"

asp redirect:
strRedirect = "somepage.asp" & QS
responce.redirect(strRedirect)

Using this method makes the code cleaner and its easier to manage the query strings. However, with redirect commands, &amp; fuddles the encoding. I've also tried %26 as well and that does not work. Is there a way to use standardized code and have it work both ways. i.e. I want my a href links to be compliant and my asp redirects to work :(

[cwalling]

nvm. i just added a line of code before each redirect to alter the string so it doesnt give problems:

asp redirect:
strRedirect = "somepage.asp" & QS
strRedirect = Replace(strRedirect, &amp; chr(3))
responce.redirect(strRedirect)