UrlDecode

[Alex]

Hi,

I UrlEncode a value that I put in my querystring. This value originally
contains the character "è", which is UrlEncoded to "%E8". When I try
to read the value from the querystring, I find out that the character
now is "%u00c3%u00 a8" in the querystring and thus does not urldecode to
the original character, which is a problem. My site is using CMS. Any
idea what is going on?

Thank you for any support,

Alex

[Dave Sexton]

Re: UrlDecode

Hi Alex,

That character should be encoded to %c3%a8, not %E8. It should appear as
%c3%a8 in the query string.

Use the System.Web.Http Utility.UrlEnco de and UrlDecode methods.

--
Dave Sexton

"Alex" <asoares1@gmail .comwrote in message
news:1161703368 .612387.167700@ k70g2000cwa.goo glegroups.com.. .
Hi,

I UrlEncode a value that I put in my querystring. This value originally
contains the character "è", which is UrlEncoded to "%E8". When I try
to read the value from the querystring, I find out that the character
now is "%u00c3%u00 a8" in the querystring and thus does not urldecode to
the original character, which is a problem. My site is using CMS. Any
idea what is going on?

Thank you for any support,

Alex

[Alex]

Re: UrlDecode

Actually it does encode to %c3%a8 (I already use
HttpUtility.Url Encode), I mixed things up writing %E8. Sorry my
mistake. But there is no mistake in my original problem tought ;) It
ends up as %u00c3%u00a8 which can be UrlDecoded correctly. Why the %u00
(I guess it means it is unicode encoding characters...)

Thanks,

Dave Sexton wrote:

Hi Alex,
>
That character should be encoded to %c3%a8, not %E8. It should appear as
%c3%a8 in the query string.
>
Use the System.Web.Http Utility.UrlEnco de and UrlDecode methods.
>
--
Dave Sexton
>
"Alex" <asoares1@gmail .comwrote in message
news:1161703368 .612387.167700@ k70g2000cwa.goo glegroups.com.. .
Hi,
>
I UrlEncode a value that I put in my querystring. This value originally
contains the character "è", which is UrlEncoded to "%E8". When I try
to read the value from the querystring, I find out that the character
now is "%u00c3%u00 a8" in the querystring and thus does not urldecode to
the original character, which is a problem. My site is using CMS. Any
idea what is going on?

Thank you for any support,

Alex

[Dave Sexton]

Re: UrlDecode

Hi Alex,

I can't reproduce your problem. When I supply a string containing the
specified character to HttpUtility.Url Encode it returns "%c3%a8". When I pass
"%c3%a8" to HttpUtility.Url Decode it returns the specified character.
(verified in 2.0)

Where are you getting "%u00c3%u00 a8" from?

--
Dave Sexton

"Alex" <asoares1@gmail .comwrote in message
news:1161710453 .204938.315650@ e3g2000cwe.goog legroups.com...
Actually it does encode to %c3%a8 (I already use
HttpUtility.Url Encode), I mixed things up writing %E8. Sorry my
mistake. But there is no mistake in my original problem tought ;) It
ends up as %u00c3%u00a8 which can be UrlDecoded correctly. Why the %u00
(I guess it means it is unicode encoding characters...)

Thanks,

Dave Sexton wrote:

Hi Alex,
>
That character should be encoded to %c3%a8, not %E8. It should appear as
%c3%a8 in the query string.
>
Use the System.Web.Http Utility.UrlEnco de and UrlDecode methods.
>
--
Dave Sexton
>
"Alex" <asoares1@gmail .comwrote in message
news:1161703368 .612387.167700@ k70g2000cwa.goo glegroups.com.. .
Hi,
>
I UrlEncode a value that I put in my querystring. This value originally
contains the character "è", which is UrlEncoded to "%E8". When I try
to read the value from the querystring, I find out that the character
now is "%u00c3%u00 a8" in the querystring and thus does not urldecode to
the original character, which is a problem. My site is using CMS. Any
idea what is going on?
>
Thank you for any support,
>
Alex

[Alex]

Re: UrlDecode

I specified my site is using CMS. I think it comes from CMS. I am not
sure I understand how to decode the string I am getting... I'll try and
post to a CMS channel to see if anyone ever experienced something
similar.

Dave Sexton wrote:

Hi Alex,
>
I can't reproduce your problem. When I supply a string containing the
specified character to HttpUtility.Url Encode it returns "%c3%a8". When Ipass
"%c3%a8" to HttpUtility.Url Decode it returns the specified character.
(verified in 2.0)
>
Where are you getting "%u00c3%u00 a8" from?
>
--
Dave Sexton
>
"Alex" <asoares1@gmail .comwrote in message
news:1161710453 .204938.315650@ e3g2000cwe.goog legroups.com...
Actually it does encode to %c3%a8 (I already use
HttpUtility.Url Encode), I mixed things up writing %E8. Sorry my
mistake. But there is no mistake in my original problem tought ;) It
ends up as %u00c3%u00a8 which can be UrlDecoded correctly. Why the %u00
(I guess it means it is unicode encoding characters...)
>
Thanks,
>
Dave Sexton wrote:

Hi Alex,

That character should be encoded to %c3%a8, not %E8. It should appear as
%c3%a8 in the query string.

Use the System.Web.Http Utility.UrlEnco de and UrlDecode methods.

--
Dave Sexton

"Alex" <asoares1@gmail .comwrote in message
news:1161703368 .612387.167700@ k70g2000cwa.goo glegroups.com.. .
Hi,

I UrlEncode a value that I put in my querystring. This value originally
contains the character "è", which is UrlEncoded to "%E8". When I try
to read the value from the querystring, I find out that the character
now is "%u00c3%u00 a8" in the querystring and thus does not urldecode to
the original character, which is a problem. My site is using CMS. Any
idea what is going on?

Thank you for any support,

Alex

[Dave Sexton]

Re: UrlDecode

Hi Alex,

That's a good idea.

GL

--
Dave Sexton

"Alex" <asoares1@gmail .comwrote in message
news:1161712104 .272516.215870@ h48g2000cwc.goo glegroups.com.. .
I specified my site is using CMS. I think it comes from CMS. I am not
sure I understand how to decode the string I am getting... I'll try and
post to a CMS channel to see if anyone ever experienced something
similar.

Dave Sexton wrote:

Hi Alex,
>
I can't reproduce your problem. When I supply a string containing the
specified character to HttpUtility.Url Encode it returns "%c3%a8". When I
pass
"%c3%a8" to HttpUtility.Url Decode it returns the specified character.
(verified in 2.0)
>
Where are you getting "%u00c3%u00 a8" from?
>
--
Dave Sexton
>
"Alex" <asoares1@gmail .comwrote in message
news:1161710453 .204938.315650@ e3g2000cwe.goog legroups.com...
Actually it does encode to %c3%a8 (I already use
HttpUtility.Url Encode), I mixed things up writing %E8. Sorry my
mistake. But there is no mistake in my original problem tought ;) It
ends up as %u00c3%u00a8 which can be UrlDecoded correctly. Why the %u00
(I guess it means it is unicode encoding characters...)
>
Thanks,
>
Dave Sexton wrote:

Hi Alex,

That character should be encoded to %c3%a8, not %E8. It should appear as
%c3%a8 in the query string.

Use the System.Web.Http Utility.UrlEnco de and UrlDecode methods.

--
Dave Sexton

"Alex" <asoares1@gmail .comwrote in message
news:1161703368 .612387.167700@ k70g2000cwa.goo glegroups.com.. .
Hi,

I UrlEncode a value that I put in my querystring. This value originally
contains the character "è", which is UrlEncoded to "%E8". When I try
to read the value from the querystring, I find out that the character
now is "%u00c3%u00 a8" in the querystring and thus does not urldecode to
the original character, which is a problem. My site is using CMS. Any
idea what is going on?

Thank you for any support,

Alex

[Alex]

Re: UrlDecode

Anyhow, thanks for your answers!

Dave Sexton wrote:

Hi Alex,
>
That's a good idea.
>
GL
>
--
Dave Sexton
>
"Alex" <asoares1@gmail .comwrote in message
news:1161712104 .272516.215870@ h48g2000cwc.goo glegroups.com.. .
I specified my site is using CMS. I think it comes from CMS. I am not
sure I understand how to decode the string I am getting... I'll try and
post to a CMS channel to see if anyone ever experienced something
similar.
>
Dave Sexton wrote:

Hi Alex,

I can't reproduce your problem. When I supply a string containing the
specified character to HttpUtility.Url Encode it returns "%c3%a8". WhenI
pass
"%c3%a8" to HttpUtility.Url Decode it returns the specified character.
(verified in 2.0)

Where are you getting "%u00c3%u00 a8" from?

--
Dave Sexton

"Alex" <asoares1@gmail .comwrote in message
news:1161710453 .204938.315650@ e3g2000cwe.goog legroups.com...
Actually it does encode to %c3%a8 (I already use
HttpUtility.Url Encode), I mixed things up writing %E8. Sorry my
mistake. But there is no mistake in my original problem tought ;) It
ends up as %u00c3%u00a8 which can be UrlDecoded correctly. Why the %u00
(I guess it means it is unicode encoding characters...)

Thanks,

Dave Sexton wrote:

Hi Alex,
>
That character should be encoded to %c3%a8, not %E8. It should appear as
%c3%a8 in the query string.
>
Use the System.Web.Http Utility.UrlEnco de and UrlDecode methods.
>
--
Dave Sexton
>
"Alex" <asoares1@gmail .comwrote in message
news:1161703368 .612387.167700@ k70g2000cwa.goo glegroups.com.. .
Hi,
>
I UrlEncode a value that I put in my querystring. This value originally
contains the character "è", which is UrlEncoded to "%E8". When I try
to read the value from the querystring, I find out that the character
now is "%u00c3%u00 a8" in the querystring and thus does not urldecode to
the original character, which is a problem. My site is using CMS. Any
idea what is going on?
>
Thank you for any support,
>
Alex

[Joerg Jooss]

Re: UrlDecode

Thus wrote Dave,

Hi Alex,
>
That character should be encoded to %c3%a8, not %E8. It should appear
as %c3%a8 in the query string.

There is no "should", since there is no defined character encoding for ULR
encoding -- it can be anything sender and receiver understand.

Cheers,
--
Joerg Jooss
news-reply@joergjoos s.de

[Dave Sexton]

Re: UrlDecode

Hi Joerg,

That is certainly true, however neither "%E8" nor "%u00c3%u00 a8" are returned
using HttpUtility.Url Encode, even when specifying any of the FCL Encodings.
It should, by default, be "%c3%a8".

--
Dave Sexton

"Joerg Jooss" <news-reply@joergjoos s.dewrote in message
news:b1ae576352 f768c8c5c484644 b3e@msnews.micr osoft.com...

Thus wrote Dave,
>

>Hi Alex,
>>
>That character should be encoded to %c3%a8, not %E8. It should appear
>as %c3%a8 in the query string.

>
There is no "should", since there is no defined character encoding for ULR
encoding -- it can be anything sender and receiver understand.
Cheers,
--
Joerg Jooss
news-reply@joergjoos s.de
>
>

[Joerg Jooss]

Re: UrlDecode

Thus wrote Dave,

Hi Joerg,
>
That is certainly true, however neither "%E8" nor "%u00c3%u00 a8" are
returned using HttpUtility.Url Encode, even when specifying any of the
FCL Encodings.

Then you're doing something wrong ;-)

string s = HttpUtility.Url Encode("è", Encoding.GetEnc oding(28591));
Console.WriteLi ne(s);

Cheers,
--
Joerg Jooss
news-reply@joergjoos s.de

[Dave Sexton]

Re: UrlDecode

Hi Joerg,

The OP didn't specify any encoding and so I assumed that UrlEncode was being
used without any explicit encoding specified - my mistake.

I didn't mean to imply that it's not possible for UrlEncode to return "%e8", I
simply meant that you can't get it using the "FCL encodings", such as ASCII,
UTF8, UTF7, UTF32, Unicode and BigEndianUnicod e or by not specifying any
encoding at all, because that's what I tested originally. I was just trying
to explain the intent for my original response :)

To answer the OP's question, I iterated over every encoding returned by
Encoding.GetEnc odings looking for one that converts the specified character to
"%u00c3%u00 a8". 28591 does convert the character to %e8, just like Western
European (Windows) - 1252 (Encoding.Defau lt for me), and a few others, but
that isn't the problem at hand. The OP needs to decode "%u00c3%u00 a8" but at
this point it doesn't seem like a valid encoding that can be produced by the
framework.

--
Dave Sexton

"Joerg Jooss" <news-reply@joergjoos s.dewrote in message
news:b1ae576352 fec8c8c5da30e8d 7a7@msnews.micr osoft.com...

Thus wrote Dave,
>

>Hi Joerg,
>>
>That is certainly true, however neither "%E8" nor "%u00c3%u00 a8" are
>returned using HttpUtility.Url Encode, even when specifying any of the
>FCL Encodings.

>
Then you're doing something wrong ;-)
>
string s = HttpUtility.Url Encode("è", Encoding.GetEnc oding(28591));
Console.WriteLi ne(s);
>
Cheers, --
Joerg Jooss
news-reply@joergjoos s.de
>
>