The same error occurs for "%25". If I put a "%" anywhere in the parameter I get a crash. "4%" would pass a parameter to query everything starting with 4 in my example.
--- Bill Faulk [EMAIL PROTECTED] 801-302-8930 -----Original Message----- From: Tim Funk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 11:12 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: request.getParameter Error when "%" contained in parameter value Why don't you use: http://website/findnaics.jsp?code=%25 -Tim Bill Faulk wrote: > I am using Tomcat 4.1.29 on Windows 2000 Server with Java SDK 1.4.2. > > On the user query forms in my application "%" is a valid wildcard for > "all" as it is in the actual database query. I don't want to use blank > for all because I don't want users to accidentally search for all > records; i.e. they have to actually enter % to search for all records > in a value. Blank parameters are ignored. > > Passing % as a parameter via GET or POST causes the error > > http://website/findnaics.jsp?code=4% > > I am using POST methods for the forms as in... > > <form method="POST" name="findform" action="findnaics.jsp"> > > The request.getParameter line is actually generating the error if the > parameter contains a %. > > String code = request.getParameter("code"); > > I've seen this error when searching in regards to forwarding pages > (http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3986) but it was > considered "invalid" because forward expects an encoded url. However, > I am simply passing a parameter and submitting a form. Doing something > like 'action = <%= response.encodeURL("findnaics.jsp") %>' doesn't do > anything for me. Using quotes/backslash, etc. doesn't make any > difference. These query parameters can be passed by both GET and POST > so encoding the URL isn't an option even if it did work. > > When "%" is passed as a parameter I get the following error for the > getParameter statement. > > java.io.CharConversionException: EOF > at > org.apache.tomcat.util.buf.UDecoder.convert(UDecoder.java:177) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
