tatrache wrote: > Using Netscape 6.x browser for Windows2000, if you use a `, ^, ', etc. > > characters within the context of a URL, the browser encodes the character > > to a hex value before passing it along to the server, and the page will not > load. > > The ` character works using Netscape 4.76. > > Example: /cgi-bin/wkp?WSS.DRIVER+WDW.GL.YP`1069 > > When using Netscape 6.2.1 for Windows2000, or Netscape 6 for Mac OS 9.2 the > > ` character was converted to %60 which is the hex encoding > > Example: /cgi-bin/wkp?WSS.DRIVER+WDW.GL.YP%601069 > > I understand that special characters need to be encoded in a URL, but it > > worked correctly with Netscape 4.76.
According to RFC 2396 this characters have to be encoded. NS 4.76 was lazy ... > Any feedback on a workaround either on the server side (Apache) or browser > side you can provide would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you, > > USC Trojan1 the query string should be unescaped on the server. Andreas
