- From: Mike Dierken <mike@dataconcert.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 09:03:24 -0700
- To: www-talk@w3.org
- Cc: 'Paulo Patrício' <pjpatricio@bes.pt>
An HTTP URL has different parts with different character encoding issues. The 'path' part (example: "/segment/segment/segment/") uses %20 for a space character. The 'query' part (example "?name=value&name=value") uses + for a space character. There may be more useful information in this document here: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1630.txt Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: Paulo Patrício [mailto:pjpatricio@bes.pt] > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 3:19 AM > To: www-talk@w3.org > Subject: Encoding Spaces > > > > Why spaces are sometimes encoded as %20 rather than + ? > We' ve had some problems when the %20 appears instead of +. > What is the correct way ? May this be related with the > browser's/web server's used ? Thank's in advance. > > Paulo Patricio > >
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