Use Javascript escape() function to encode the URL.
For ex,
<A href="../test.jsp?name="+escape('jack&joe')+"&desription='friends'">jack
& joe</a>

On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 08:42:26 +0530, vtr <vtr@(protected):

>yes I pass it through url it is in a Link and there are many such links
with
>different values for the same parameter
>
>like
><A href="../test.jsp?name='jack&joe'&desription='friends'>jack & joe</a>
><A href="../test.jsp?name='vtr&joshi'&desription='friends'>vtr&joshi</a>
><A href="../test.jsp?name='ravi&kumar'&desription='friends'>ravi&kumar</a>
>...
>
>V.T.R.Ravi Kumar, Engg.(CCX), BHEL Phone Office +91 1334285260 Mobile +91
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Eric Noriega" <noriega@(protected)>
>To: <JSP-INTEREST@(protected)>
>Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 7:37 AM
>Subject: Re: Please help regarding passing special characters
>
>
>>   How are you passing the parameter? Is it as part of a URL?
>>
>> vtr wrote:
>>
>> >Hi
>> >
>> >in one of my forms i am sending '&' something as in ' joe & Sam'
>> >
>> >but when i do the getParameter for the above i get only till joe
>> >the rest gets truncated.
>> >I will be thankful Any to help in this direction
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >    V.T.R.Ravi Kumar, Engg.(CCX), BHEL
>> >    Phone Office +91 1334285260
>> >    Mobile +91 1353114861
>> >
>> >
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