Receiving '+' character in Request.Form

[fergallydon]

I'm sending some data in a HTTP POST to an asp page. The data contains
some + characters. When I try to access the data using
Request.Form("data") I get the data but the + characters are replaced
by spaces.

Any ideas?

[Evertjan.]

wrote on 04 jul 2007 in microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

I'm sending some data in a HTTP POST to an asp page. The data contains
some + characters. When I try to access the data using
Request.Form("data") I get the data but the + characters are replaced
by spaces.

Not true!

Try:

=========== test.asp ===========

<% = request.form("t")%>

<form method='post'>
<input name='t' value='a+b+c'>
<input type='submit'>
</form>

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[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

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I'm sending some data in a HTTP POST to an asp page. The data contains
some + characters. When I try to access the data using
Request.Form("data") I get the data but the + characters are replaced
by spaces.

Please post a simple page that reproduces the symptoms you are experiencing.
"+" characters should not be replaced.
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[fergallydon]

On Jul 4, 9:32 pm, "Bob Barrows [MVP]" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

[e-mail] wrote:

I'm sending some data in a HTTP POST to an asp page. The data contains
some + characters. When I try to access the data using
Request.Form("data") I get the data but the + characters are replaced
by spaces.

Please post a simple page that reproduces the symptoms you are experiencing.
"+" characters should not be replaced.
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Thanks for you help. I tried that example and I see now that they
should not be replaced. I better explain in more detail what I'm
doing. I'm sending this request from a C++ application as follows.

pIXMLHTTPRequest.CreateInstance("Msxml2.XMLHTTP.3. 0");
pIXMLHTTPRequest->open(_bstr_t(L"POST"), bstrurl, false);
pIXMLHTTPRequest->setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-
form-urlencoded");
pIXMLHTTPRequest->send("t=1+2+3");

I'm testing by writing to file on the server

fnameLicense.Write(Request("t"))

The file content is
1 2 3

I have examined what's being sent to the server using an ethernet
sniffer on the server and I can see t=1+2+3 in one of the packets
received. Anyone know what I'm missing?

[Anthony Jones]

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On Jul 4, 9:32 pm, "Bob Barrows [MVP]" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

[e-mail] wrote:

I'm sending some data in a HTTP POST to an asp page. The data contains
some + characters. When I try to access the data using
Request.Form("data") I get the data but the + characters are replaced
by spaces.

Please post a simple page that reproduces the symptoms you are

experiencing.

"+" characters should not be replaced.
--
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET
Please reply to the newsgroup. This email account is my spam trap so I
don't check it very often. If you must reply off-line, then remove the
"NO SPAM"

Thanks for you help. I tried that example and I see now that they
should not be replaced. I better explain in more detail what I'm
doing. I'm sending this request from a C++ application as follows.

pIXMLHTTPRequest.CreateInstance("Msxml2.XMLHTTP.3. 0");
pIXMLHTTPRequest->open(_bstr_t(L"POST"), bstrurl, false);
pIXMLHTTPRequest->setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-
form-urlencoded");
pIXMLHTTPRequest->send("t=1+2+3");

I'm testing by writing to file on the server

fnameLicense.Write(Request("t"))

The file content is
1 2 3

I have examined what's being sent to the server using an ethernet
sniffer on the server and I can see t=1+2+3 in one of the packets
received. Anyone know what I'm missing?

The + is using in URL encoding to encode a space.

Use %2B instead of +

"t=1%2B2%2B3"

[fergallydon]

On Jul 5, 11:04 am, "Anthony Jones" <[e-mail]:

<[e-mail] in message

news:11**********************@q69g2000hsb.googlegr oups.com...

On Jul 4, 9:32 pm, "Bob Barrows [MVP]" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

[e-mail] wrote:
I'm sending some data in a HTTP POST to an asp page. The data contains
some + characters. When I try to access the data using
Request.Form("data") I get the data but the + characters are replaced
by spaces.

Please post a simple page that reproduces the symptoms you are

experiencing.

"+" characters should not be replaced.
--
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET
Please reply to the newsgroup. This email account is my spam trap so I
don't check it very often. If you must reply off-line, then remove the
"NO SPAM"

Thanks for you help. I tried that example and I see now that they
should not be replaced. I better explain in more detail what I'm
doing. I'm sending this request from a C++ application as follows.

pIXMLHTTPRequest.CreateInstance("Msxml2.XMLHTTP.3. 0");
pIXMLHTTPRequest->open(_bstr_t(L"POST"), bstrurl, false);
pIXMLHTTPRequest->setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-
form-urlencoded");
pIXMLHTTPRequest->send("t=1+2+3");

I'm testing by writing to file on the server

fnameLicense.Write(Request("t"))

The file content is
1 2 3

I have examined what's being sent to the server using an ethernet
sniffer on the server and I can see t=1+2+3 in one of the packets
received. Anyone know what I'm missing?

The + is using in URL encoding to encode a space.

Use %2B instead of +

"t=1%2B2%2B3"- Hide quoted text -

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Thanks. That works for the example but the trouble is that I won't be
sending t=1%2B2%2B3 all the time. That was just an example. I'll be
sending something that is read from a file and I don't know whether or
not it contains any + chars.

I guess I could parse the string before hand and replace all
occurances of + with %2B but is there any other way?