Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Application Server:
Developing WebSpeed Applications

url-encode

This function encodes characters that can be misinterpreted in a URL (for example tilde ~ or percent %) as hexidecimal triplets. For instance, %7E is the tilde character and the percent character is %25.

Location: web\method\cgiutils.i

Parameters:

INPUT p_value AS CHARACTER

The character expression to encode.

INPUT p_enctype AS CHARACTER

Either query, cookie, or default. The query option is suitable for encoding name and value pairs for use as arguments in a URL. The cookie option is suitable for encoding cookie contents. The default option is the default encoding as defined in RFC 1738, section 2.2.

Returns: CHARACTER

Notes: None

Examples: See the set-cookie function in web\method\cookies.i.

See also:

url-decode

url-format