The # character is a special character in URLs to signify a "fragment": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragment_identifier. If you don't want it treated as such then you do need to escape it.
-Dave Dave Tauzell | Senior Software Engineer | Surescripts O: 651.855.3042 | www.surescripts.com | dave.tauz...@surescripts.com Connect with us: Twitter I LinkedIn I Facebook I YouTube -----Original Message----- From: Ben Mazyopa [mailto:benj...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 9:15 AM To: users@tomcat.apache.org Subject: Re: Hash (#) error in Parameters value Dear Team, I am a devote user of tomcat servers, however I have met a bug when using Apache Tomcat 7.0.52, on Windows 10 64bit. Whenever I pass a parameter value of # or *214#, the parameter value ends up being null. For example when I navigate to "http://localhost:8080/myapp/demo?param=*214#"; param value will be null if I try to access it in a servlet (for exam request.getParameter("param")). However if I pass a different value, the value is retreived correctly. May you kindly fix the bug, rather forcing users and developers to pass unicode values for a hash eg. *214%23) Your response and action will be appreciated Regards Ben Mazyopa On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 4:14 PM, Ben Mazyopa <benj...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Team, > > I am a devote user of tomcat servers, however I have met a bug when > using Apache Tomcat 7.0.52, on Windows 10 64bit. Whenever I pass a > parameter value of # or *214#, the parameter value ends up being null. > > For example when I navigate to " > http://localhost:8080/myapp/demo?param=*214#"; param value will be null > if I try to access it in a servlet (for exam request.getParameter("param")). > However if I pass a different value, the value is retreived correctly. > > May you kindly fix the bug, rather forcing users and developers to > pass unicode values for a hash eg. *214%23) > > Your response and action will be appreciated > > Regards > Ben Mazyopa > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential, may contain sensitive information, and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail immediately and destroy all copies of the e-mail and any attachments. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
