ASP Error: HTTP 404 - File not found

[kianskee]

I am encountering an error HTTP 404 - File not found. It seems that
when I upload a file with a symbol # in the filename, this error
occurs (e.g. case#2.pdf). I cannot access the file I uploaded. But
when I upload the same file with a different filename or just without
the symbol # (e.g. case2.pdf) , it works I can access the file. Why is
this the case?

[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

ki******@gmail.com wrote:

I am encountering an error HTTP 404 - File not found. It seems that
when I upload a file with a symbol # in the filename, this error
occurs (e.g. case#2.pdf). I cannot access the file I uploaded. But
when I upload the same file with a different filename or just without
the symbol # (e.g. case2.pdf) , it works I can access the file. Why is
this the case?

I've never run into this. Could you show the code that is failing to access
the file?

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[Mark J. McGinty]

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>I am encountering an error HTTP 404 - File not found. It seems that
when I upload a file with a symbol # in the filename, this error
occurs (e.g. case#2.pdf). I cannot access the file I uploaded. But
when I upload the same file with a different filename or just without
the symbol # (e.g. case2.pdf) , it works I can access the file. Why is
this the case?

Because the hashmark has special meaning in a URL, you'd need to escape it
in the URL, otherwise the portion after the hashmark is considered to be an
HTML bookmark.
-Mark

[Evertjan.]

wrote on 07 feb 2007 in microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

I am encountering an error HTTP 404 - File not found. It seems that
when I upload a file with a symbol # in the filename, this error
occurs (e.g. case#2.pdf). I cannot access the file I uploaded. But
when I upload the same file with a different filename or just without
the symbol # (e.g. case2.pdf) , it works I can access the file. Why is
this the case?

Try uploading with form post in stead of [form] querystring!

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[Tim Slattery]

ki******@gmail.com wrote:

>I am encountering an error HTTP 404 - File not found. It seems that
when I upload a file with a symbol # in the filename, this error
occurs (e.g. case#2.pdf). I cannot access the file I uploaded. But
when I upload the same file with a different filename or just without
the symbol # (e.g. case2.pdf) , it works I can access the file. Why is
this the case?

This is your web site? What server-side process are you using to
receive the file? The "#" sign character is an unusual one to find in
a file name (and has a special meaning in a URL), and it may be that
whatever is handling the file on the server side just can't handle
that character.

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