Re: [xsl] Empty spaces turn to %20

[Peter Flynn <peter@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jarkko.Moilanen@xxxxxx wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I am getting data from html form, which has text input fields. 
> I pass the QUERY_STRING to sh script which turns it in to 
> XML. Then I transform the XML to html with XSLT. 
>
> Problem is how ever that the browser generates %20 to every 
> empty space. 

This is correct: the space is a prohibited character in the MIME
Content Type used for sending data from forms to a server because
when it is sent with a GET instead of a POST, it is transmitted
as part of the URL, where a space can break the action of the
browser or the server.

You need to run a program like uncgi on the server, which

(a) automatically translates urlencoded data back to normal text;

(b) splits up QUERY_STRING into your named fields, prefixed with
    WWW_

Also consider using POST instead of GET if you're not already doing so.

///Peter




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