can't put a url into the value of a key in appSettings (web.config)

[Jason Shohet]

in web.config, I want to have a key in appSettings:

<add key="Url" value="http://gisbox/mypage.htm?action=state&city="/>

But that value doesn't take... I get an error saying it expects a semicolon.
Any idea why? If I just put value = "abc" it works fine.

TY
Jason Shohet

[bruce barker]

&'s are a quote character in xml, try:

<add key="Url" value="http://gisbox/mypage.htm?action=state&amp;city="/>

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)
" Jason Shohet" <as****@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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in web.config, I want to have a key in appSettings:

<add key="Url" value="http://gisbox/mypage.htm?action=state&city="/>

But that value doesn't take... I get an error saying it expects a semicolon. Any idea why? If I just put value = "abc" it works fine.

TY
Jason Shohet

[vMike]

replace the "&" with "&amp;" without the quotes.
" Jason Shohet" <as****@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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in web.config, I want to have a key in appSettings:

<add key="Url" value="http://gisbox/mypage.htm?action=state&city="/>

But that value doesn't take... I get an error saying it expects a semicolon. Any idea why? If I just put value = "abc" it works fine.

TY
Jason Shohet

[Hermit Dave]

replace the '&' with '&amp;'

you will be fine...

HTD

HD

" Jason Shohet" <as****@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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in web.config, I want to have a key in appSettings:

<add key="Url" value="http://gisbox/mypage.htm?action=state&city="/>

But that value doesn't take... I get an error saying it expects a semicolon. Any idea why? If I just put value = "abc" it works fine.

TY
Jason Shohet

[Jim Cheshire [MSFT]]

Jason,

Try this instead:

<add key="Url" value="http://gisbox/mypage.htm?action=state&amp;city="/>

Any URLs that you put here must be URL encoded.
Jim Cheshire, MCSE, MCSD [MSFT]
Developer Support
ASP.NET
ja******@online.microsoft.com

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in web.config, I want to have a key in appSettings:

<add key="Url" value="http://gisbox/mypage.htm?action=state&city="/>

But that value doesn't take... I get an error saying it expects a semicolon.Any idea why? If I just put value = "abc" it works fine.

TY
Jason Shohet

[Jason Shohet]

You guys are great.
That did the trick.
Jason Shohet