How to enforce "&"inside my queryString?

[Mehdi]

Hi,

I need to pass an URL via a hidden value as follow:

<input type="hidden" id="Test" runat="Server">

and on Page_Load I assign a value to this hidden input as follow:

Test.Value = "http://www.myserver.com?id=123&name=HomerSimpson";
However when I view the page source "&" is replaced with "&amp;" as the URL
changes to http://www.myserver.com?id=123&amp;name=HomerSimpson

How can I enforce the "&" inside my querystring when written into HTML?

I have tried to Server.UrlEncode, but the server that I am posting this
hidden value to, does not decode it before returning to the URL, and
unfortuntely I have no control over the way that they handle my hidden value
(URL with &amp;)

Thanks for your time.
Mehdi

[MWells]

You might be able to resolve this by writing out the entire value to an
<asp:Literal> control, e.g.

<asp:Literal id="TestLiteral" runat="Server">

TestLiteral.Text = String.Format (
@"<input type=""hidden"" value=""{0}"" id=""Test"" runat=""Server"">",
@"http://www.myserver.com?id=123&name=HomerSimpson"
);

"Mehdi" <no****@nospam.nowhere> wrote in message
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Hi,

I need to pass an URL via a hidden value as follow:

<input type="hidden" id="Test" runat="Server">

and on Page_Load I assign a value to this hidden input as follow:

Test.Value = "http://www.myserver.com?id=123&name=HomerSimpson";
However when I view the page source "&" is replaced with "&amp;" as the URL changes to http://www.myserver.com?id=123&amp;name=HomerSimpson

How can I enforce the "&" inside my querystring when written into HTML?

I have tried to Server.UrlEncode, but the server that I am posting this
hidden value to, does not decode it before returning to the URL, and
unfortuntely I have no control over the way that they handle my hidden value (URL with &amp;)

Thanks for your time.
Mehdi

[Mehdi]

MWells,

You were right, it enforces the "&" inside my query string.

Thanks
Mehdi