I am using asp.net 4.0 with Sql server. I have an requirement to pass special characters in URL query string.
for example my URL need to be like http://mysite.com/default.aspx?a=xyx(abc)
In the above URL my special character is "(" and ")". While development I have not faced any issue but as I uploaded the files to serve it start giving error 404 (page not found) where ever I have use "(" or ")" special characters.
When I started searching I have tried many solutions. but nothing works for me.
Then on some site some one has sugested to check IIS log.
When I checked the log I found that I have Installed Microsoft URL Scan 3.1 on my server which is filtering the URL.
So, I need to allow "(" and ")" on my server so, I decided to allow there characters in my URL.
So, to add exception to URL Scan 3.1 you need to open urlscan.ini which you can find in "%windir%\system32\inetsrv\urlscan\"
You can use 2 sections to allow special characters
1) DenyQueryStringSequences
2) AlwaysAllowedUrls
DenyQueryStringSequences - In this section you can add and remove the allowed characters but this will allow for all the URLs.
AlwaysAllowedUrls - In this you can define a single URL like "/default.aspx".So, the special characters will be allowed to only single URL not to all the URL of the IIS sites
for example my URL need to be like http://mysite.com/default.aspx?a=xyx(abc)
In the above URL my special character is "(" and ")". While development I have not faced any issue but as I uploaded the files to serve it start giving error 404 (page not found) where ever I have use "(" or ")" special characters.
When I started searching I have tried many solutions. but nothing works for me.
Then on some site some one has sugested to check IIS log.
When I checked the log I found that I have Installed Microsoft URL Scan 3.1 on my server which is filtering the URL.
So, I need to allow "(" and ")" on my server so, I decided to allow there characters in my URL.
So, to add exception to URL Scan 3.1 you need to open urlscan.ini which you can find in "%windir%\system32\inetsrv\urlscan\"
You can use 2 sections to allow special characters
1) DenyQueryStringSequences
2) AlwaysAllowedUrls
DenyQueryStringSequences - In this section you can add and remove the allowed characters but this will allow for all the URLs.
AlwaysAllowedUrls - In this you can define a single URL like "/default.aspx".So, the special characters will be allowed to only single URL not to all the URL of the IIS sites
