HTTP_DECODE function [HTTP]

Function

Decodes special characters within strings for use with HTTP.

Syntax

HTTP_DECODEstring )

NoteCIS 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.

Parameters

string Arbitrary string to be used in an HTTP request.

Usage

This function returns the string argument after replacing all character sequences of the form %nn, where nn is a hexadecimal value, with the character with code nn. In addition, all plus signs (+) are replaced with spaces.

Standards and compatibility

See also

“HTML_ENCODE function [HTTP]”

“HTTP_ENCODE function [HTTP]”