[RESOLVED] Linkbutton string not working when there is & in the company name

in my asp.net+vb web i am  using one linkbutton. by this i used to browse the details of company

PostBackUrl="unitlink.aspx?unit=TATA Motors">Tata Motors

PostBackUrl="unitlink.aspx?unit=L&T">L&T

The first linkbutton woks fine and when i click on thhe second one iit doesn't work i checked a lot it is because there is & inthat company name how can be it solved

You should use UrlEncode and UrlDecode

Those methods should be used any time you're inserting user inputted data into the query string.

Hi,

Try adding this to your web.config if you are using .NET 4.0:

system.web>
            requestValidationMode="2.0"
        requestPathInvalidCharacters="<,>,*,%,:,&,\"
        relaxedUrlToFileSystemMapping="true"
    />
    ...



    
        
    
    ...

And please refer the blog

http://www.christophercrooker.com/use-any-characters-you-want-in-your-urls-with-aspnet-4-and-iis

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ExperimentsInWackinessAllowingPercentsAnglebracketsAndOtherNaughtyThingsInTheASPNETIISRequestURL.aspx

Hope it can help you.