How can I add an ampersand for a value in a ASP.net/C# app config file value

Rob_Segal_7285 0
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I've got a C# program with values in a config file. What I want is to store ampersands for an url value like...

<appSettings>
  <add key="myurl" value="http://www.myurl.com?&cid=&sid="/>
</appSettings>

But I get errors building my site. The ampersand is not allowed. I've tried various forms of escaping the ampersands to no avail. Anyone know of the correct form to do this? All suggestions are welcome.

web-config asp.net c#
4 Answers

Use "&amp;" instead of "&".

Eric_Rosenberger_416240

Have you tried this?

<appSettings>  
  <add key="myurl" value="http://www.myurl.com?&amp;cid=&amp;sid="/>
<appSettings>
balabaster_406500
user_2140

Although the accepted answer here is technically correct, there seems to be some confusion amongst users based on the comments. When working with a ViewBag in a .cshtml file, you must use @Html.Raw otherwise your data, after being unescaped by the ConfigurationManager, will become re-escaped once again. Use Html.Raw() to prevent this from occurring.

user_7003900
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