& problem with hyperlink control

[FoundThisOnline]

I have been searching online for a whole day and couldn't find an
answer for this. I have this hyperlink server control:

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<asp:HyperLink ID="hylForms" Runat="server"
NavigateUrl="#">Forms</asp:HyperLink>

Codebehind:

protected HyperLink hylForms;

hylForms.NavigateUrl = "?Dept=" + Request.QueryString["Dept"] +
"&Sect=forms";
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Very straight forward right? I think so too but when it renders the
HTML the "&Sect" part turned into "&amp;Sect" and the whole link would
be

?Dept=HR&amp;Sect=forms


Thinks I have tried already:

- Delete the dll and recomplie
- Different server
- Move all the code on the asp.net page and no codebehind
- Try different HTML characters (eg "<") that supposingly will render
as well but only "&" will turn into "&amp;"


Could someone give me a clue?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Guest]

In C# try
\&

In VB.Net try
&&

Just as a test once.

 

[Guest]

this:
HyperLink1.NavigateUrl = "/test/test.ext?test&test2"

produced this:
http://localhost/test/test.ext?test&test2

As expected (done in vb.net).

 

[FoundThisOnline]

Tried in C# but got

Unrecognized escape sequence

 

[FoundThisOnline]

I believe this is more of a C# problem than VB

 

[Guest]

In C#, this:
HyperLink1.NavigateUrl = "/test/test.ext?test1&test2";

Produced this:
http://localhost/test/test.ext?test1&test2

As expected.

 

[FoundThisOnline]

It's amazing how I found the solution now but not the entire day
yesterday!

Response.ContentEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding("UTF-8");

That will just take care of the problem!