# ASP: Gotta get rid of my funny characters. Url.encode?

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**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [April 9, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/asp-gotta-get-rid-of-my-funny-characters-url-encode/86062 "2005-04-09T19:04:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/asp-gotta-get-rid-of-my-funny-characters-url-encode/86062/1 "2005-04-09T19:04:41Z")

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I’ve just finished making a database with a couple of asp files which search it and also bring up info from the database when a search result is clicked on dynamically and accordingly. It all works fine (finally) but everything that comes from the database is all kinda like

Belle%20De%20Jour%3A%20

etc etc. I think I need to use html.encode or summat similar but im not entirely sure how to use it. Is it once at the beginning of a file or is it everytime i response.write something? Any help, advice or examples would be very much appreciated. Deadline on Monday, never touched asp before until yesterday. Argh. Ha ha!