Question

question….this is coming back as false:

 <c:when test="${param.code != null && param.code != ''}">name="update"</c:when>

when this is in the url

http://localhost:8080/msst/dispatch/show.whatif_edit_rqmt_type?code=#

but it comes back as true when
http://localhost:8080/msst/dispatch/show.whatif_edit_rqmt_type?code=!

Is there something special about ‘#’??

thanks

Answer 1

The # sign is the browser hash and is not being sent to the server (usually to reference anchors in an HTML document or for navigation through AJAX applications). If you actually want to send it to the server you have to URL encode it to %23:

http://localhost:8080/msst/dispatch/show.whatif_edit_rqmt_type?code=%23