Why does razor produce incorrect results with Server.UrlEncode?

Question

I have the following string LIVEWIRE TS+

When I do the following code:

  <a href="/support/knowledge-base?category=@Server.UrlEncode("LIVEWIRE TS+")" class="topic-knowledge-base button">KNOWLEDGE BASE</a>

It produces the following query string:

LIVEWIRE+TS%2b

I thought a space was %20 when encoded.

Ok, after decoding it, I got back LIVEWIRE TS, but not LIVEWIRE TS+. How can I retain the + sign?

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1634271/url-encoding-the-space-character-or-20 — xanatos, Mar 04 '16 at 14:55
no space is '+' when encoded if you want you can check it here http://www.url-encode-decode.com/ — Tushar Gupta, Mar 04 '16 at 14:56
@Sousuke - When i decode the value, I lost the + sign, I need to keep that. — xaisoft, Mar 04 '16 at 15:26
The fact that `+` is used to encode a space is unrelated to your problem and your result shows that that part got decoded correctly. The complete string `LIVEWIRE+TS%2b` is supposed to decode to `LIVEWIRE TS+` though, as one answer already shows. Can you show your code that's doing the decoding? — , Mar 07 '16 at 09:12
@Sousuke `+` can sometimes be space. `%20` is space as well, but always. Only `%2b` is a URL encoding of a plus sign. — , Mar 07 '16 at 09:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 07 '16 at 08:51

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To decode it to get the same string you have to use this code:

System.Net.WebUtility.UrlDecode("LIVEWIRE+TS%2b");

And it will return LIVEWIRE TS+.

answered Mar 07 '16 at 08:51

Sousuke

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