URL Encoding and/or string substitution

[James Nierodzik]

I have a JSP page that creates a link to a php page. (..:: I have ZERO JSP experience ::..) and I need to do some encoding or string substitution because a '&' is being passed and interpreted by the php as a separate variable rather then part of a a previous one.

Here is the code in the jsp page.

<td class="ThumbnailViewText">
  <script>
var theURL = "http://cumulus/Firestar/notes.php";
theURL = theURL + "?recordID=<cumulus:recordID/>";
theURL = theURL + "&recordName=<cumulus:fieldValue name='Record Name' locale='en_US'/>";
theURL = theURL + "&cumulusUser=<cumulus:userName server='CumulusServer'/>";
theURL = theURL + "&recordPath=<cumulus:fieldValue name='Volume Name'/>:<cumulus:fieldValue name='Folder Name'/>:<cumulus:fieldValue name='Asset Name'/>";
document.write("<a href=\"javascript:openNotesWindow('" + theURL + "')\">Notes</a>");
</script>
</td>

I am primarily concerned with the field 'Folder Name' . It is that field which I would like to url encode or do a string substitution for the '&' character.

Can anyone help? I did some searches around last night and for whatever reason the solution is escaping me :-(

Thanks!

[Bear Bibeault]

That's not JSP, that's JavaScript. I'll move this topic as appropriate.

[Bear Bibeault]

The encodeURIComponent() method is about to become your best friend.