HTTP_ENCODE function [HTTP]

Encodes special characters in strings for use with HTTP.

Syntax

HTTP_ENCODE( string )

Parameters

string Arbitrary string to be used in an HTTP request.

Returns

LONG VARCHAR

LONG NVARCHAR

Remarks

This function returns the string argument after making the following set of substitutions. In addition, all characters with hexadecimal codes less than 20 or greater than 7E are replaced with %nn, where nn is the character code.

Character	Substitution
space	%20
"	%22
#	%23
%	%25
&	%26
,	%2C
;	%3B
<	%3C
>	%3E
[	%5B
\	%5C
]	%5D
`	%60
{	%7B
\|	%7C
}	%7D
character codes nn that are less than 0x20 and greater than 0x7f	%nn

This function supports NCHAR inputs and/or outputs.

Standards and compatibility

SQL/2003 Vendor extension.