Re: URL encoding for links w/ PL/SQL

There *is* no equivalent.
[Quoted] Unless you write one, or use an existing package... The web development packages (htp, htf, owa...) came with one, that was called escape_url

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> How do I format a string variable to be used as an URL?


>

> I have some string values containing spaces and ampersands, and they don't

> create the proper links.  ie: the following produces a result that does

 not


> work.

> value = "Big & Burly"

> htp.prn("/my_page?in_value='||value);

> creates link  "/my_page?in_value=Big & Burly", which passes an incoming


> parameter of "Big " as the & character seperates values in an URL.

>

> I know ASP uses a URLEncode function.  What is the equivalent in PL/SQL?

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