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Pastey Started conversation Oct 16, 2002
Okay, here's one for you guys.
I've got a string of data recieved from a form that is url encoded. I need to decode this using asp and can't seem to figure out how.
I've tried a few of the functions on the 'net but they leave things like =20 instead of new lines and don't touch the C escape slashes amongst other things.
Ideas?
ASP decode
Pastey Posted Oct 16, 2002
That's what I thought, but you need to use it like Server.URLDecode(string) and I get an error message saying that it's not supported.
I've got this sinking feeling that the version of asp on the server is a tad old, and the URLDecode function is .Net 
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MaW Posted Oct 16, 2002
I'm pretty sure I've used URLDecode of some sort on pre-.NET versions of ASP. I haven't got a clue how I invoked it though, I'm not really an ASP developer, I just did it 'cos I got paid.
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Pastey Posted Oct 17, 2002
Which is exactly why I'm using it, and why I'm currently learning .Net
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MaW Posted Oct 17, 2002
Poor Pastey 
Will say one thing for the .NET application framework - C# is nicer than Java.
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Pastey Posted Oct 17, 2002
Thankfully I've never had to learn Java. Couldn't actually find a use for it in what I was doing.
I'm starting to like asp.net, not sure yet what I actually think of it, but at least it's understandable.
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MaW Posted Oct 17, 2002
Makes a nice change from JSP. You really don't want to have to learn those, trust me.
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Pastey Posted Oct 17, 2002
Well, I'm currently playing with ASP.Nets' database connection abilities, and all I can say is they are 
(that's fast)
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MaW Posted Oct 17, 2002
Wow, makes a change. The stuff I had to use from VBScript when I was using pre-NET ASP was awful.
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Pastey Posted Oct 17, 2002
Don't get me wrong, it's a heck of a lot more complicated than a similar page in php, and apparantly asp.net is riddled with bugs, but once it works, it's very fast.
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