Encodes special characters in strings for use with HTTP.
HTML_ENCODE ( string )
CIS functional compensation performance considerations apply. See “Conditions that cause processing by SQL Anywhere” in Chapter 3, “Optimizing Queries and Deletions,” in the Performance and Tuning Guide.
string Arbitrary string to be used in an HTTP request.
This function returns the string argument after making the following set of substitutions. In addition, all characters with hexadecimal codes less than 1F or greater than 7E are replaced with %nn, where nn is the character code.
Character |
Substitution |
---|---|
space |
%20 |
" |
%22 |
# |
%23 |
& |
%26 |
, |
%2C |
; |
%3B |
< |
%3C |
> |
%3E |
[ |
%5B |
\ |
%5C |
] |
%5D |
` |
%60 |
{ |
%7B |
| |
%7C |
} |
%7D |