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Anonymous User323605-Oct-2013

I have the following:

<form name="input" method="get" action="http://site:8081/Default.aspx?DC=" target="foo" onSubmit="window.open('', 'foo', 'width=1100 height=500,status=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes')"> 
<select name="dc"> 
<option value="1&Type=type1">1</option> 
<option value="2&Type=type2">2</option> 
<option value="3&Type=type3">3</option> 
</select> 
<input type="submit" value=">>"/>&nbsp;&nbsp; 
</form>


Basically my querystring should be something like dc=1&Type=type1 the problem I have is that when I click the >> button above the html screws up the stirng by changing & to %26 and = to %3D

How can I make the value stay as I have it in the code above?

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Updated on 05-Oct-2013
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05-Oct-2013

Yes, that's the expected behaviour, the HTTP GET works this way, values are encoded to difference from keys. In GET, browsers append key=value pairs separated by '&' and starting with a '?'; you shouldn't specify them by yourself in the url.

I think you should change your code in this way, maybe it's what you want to get:

<form name="input" method="get" action="http://site:8083/Default.aspx" target="foo" onSubmit="updateType()"> 
<select name="DC"> 
    <option value="1">1</option> 
    <option value="2">2</option> 
    <option value="3">3</option> 
    <!-- etc... --> 
</select> 
<input type="hidden" name="Type"/> 
<input type="submit" value=">>"/> 
</form>


and in Javascript...:

function updateType(){ 
    // set up 'Type' 
    document.forms[0].Type.value = 'Type' + document.forms[0].DC.value; 
    // open popup 
    window.open('', 'foo', 'width=1100 height=500,status=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes') 
    return true; 
}



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