Invalid Characters in URL

[Guest]

I'm trying to pass query variables in a URL. Within the code, the link is (CFM page)?Category=#rsCatSum.category1#

The actual URL comes out as (CFM page)?Category=Skin%20Creams%20&%20Lotions%20. The category should show "Skin Creams & Lotions". However, with the extra %20 characters, the category is not found and the result is a blank page.

Does anyone know what is causing the extra "%20" characters to be added to the URL?
I appreciate your help!!

[Fernis]

Spaces and some special characters (such as the ampersand "&") are not allowed in URLs. Thus, they should always be "encoded". You can probably use UrlDecode() to convert the URL string back to what you're expecting.