Spaces and other non-standard characters in filenames will cause issues. You could escape the non-alphanumerics...
<a href="/documents/interview%20with%20john%20smith%20%231.doc"> ....but from my experience that will only work with IE. Firefox/Mozilla will still choke. We're pretty adamant 'round here that filenames that are to be accessible via a hyperlink must contain only letters, numbers, and underscores. On 7/21/05, E C list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > In my document management application, I have recently > run into a problem. I have some documents which were > named with pound signs in their name "interview with > john smith #1.doc" for instance. When I link to this > file name, the link doesn't work: > > <a href="/documents/interview with john smith > #1.doc">Download file a</a> > > It will generate a 404 file not found. So the > question is, why does this happen? Is this a document > encoding issue? Can anyone suggest a solution aside > from just renaming the file before its saved? > > Thank you. > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:212402 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
