Profiles links and %n

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I don't know how many of you people out there use AIM, but I do. I am currently trying to create a mini game using CGI and stuff, but the link I give:

www.blahblahbablah.com/cgi-bin/mygame.cgi?name=%n

the %n part places the SN of the person into the link, and when they click on the link I can log their SN and stuff.

The problem is that all screen names with spaces in them cannot be linked in this fashion, and this has frustrated me to say the least. Can anyone here help me with ways to remedy this?

Comment on Profiles links and %n

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Re: Profiles links and %n by BUU (Prior) on Nov 27, 2002 at 06:50 UTC
This is quite definately an aim problem. Nothing to do with perl or cgi. I suggest you devise an alternate method, probably manual, to solve this.	[reply]
Re: Re: Profiles links and %n by Anonymous Monk on Nov 28, 2002 at 06:40 UTC
It is an CGI/Perl problem, because many people have figured out the method to bypass this problem. Look to things like subproflie (ok they use PHP, but there i think the method could be adapted).	[reply]