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Asked: 2026-05-26T13:00:39+00:00

I’m trying to encode the following string using HttpUtility.UrlEncode; 1:7:1:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:FROM BOUQUET userbouquet.dbe01.tv ORDER BY

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I’m trying to encode the following string using HttpUtility.UrlEncode;

1:7:1:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:FROM BOUQUET "userbouquet.dbe01.tv" ORDER BY bouquet

The result i get is;

1%3a7%3a1%3a0%3a0%3a0%3a0%3a0%3a0%3a0%3aFROM+BOUQUET+%22userbouquet.dbe0e.tv%22+ORDER+BY+bouquet

So it’s converting : to %3a, a space to + and ” to %22. According to the documentation on MSDN, : shouldn’t be converted. Also i don’t understand why a space is being converted to a plus, i thought it should of been a %20.

Any information on what’s going on and any possible workarounds?

Note: : should be left as is, a space should be %20 and ” should be %22

EDIT: I’ve found a solution using a simple string replace function, but if someone could still explain why urlencode behaves in this way. Thanks

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  1. Editorial Team
    • + is a reserved URL character that as its intended purpose represents space, so that translation is legal.
    • : is a reserved character, but isn’t being used in the intended purpose way here (AFAIK), so percent-encoding is appropriate.
    • " is neither reserved nor unreserved (i.e. alphanumeric etc), so percent-encoding is the only option
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