Pound Sign Does Not Pass Correctly in URL Searches

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Problem:

Customer is having trouble with URL Searches not running correctly if a search string starts with a (#) pound sign character.

Solution:

The Internet specifications for passing URL's say that a pound sign character must be encoded when passed via a URL.

Passing the value of: %23 instead of # is the equivalent of encoding the # character and should work just fine. The %23 character combination passes the ASCII character value for the pound sign instead of the actual character into the URL.

URL that will NOT pass the pound sign correctly. http://125.1.1.53:443/IMAGESERVER/DOC100R?ACTION=Search&ISESSION=TEST08230416103995RJSLIBV51058603&srchfld03=#123456

URL that will pass the pound sign correctly. http://125.1.1.53:443/IMAGESERVER/DOC100R?ACTION=Search&ISESSION=TEST08230416103995RJSLIBV51058603&srchfld03=%23123456