Update: Sorry.. Realized you weren't asking how to change the URL style emitted by query_string... You probably know how to do that. I'm not sure which browsers do support the semicolon style, and I can't remember ever seeing a site use it (probably due to your claim about MSIE not liking it). Anyway, nothing to see here folks..

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Check the docs! You can specify your preference like this: use CGI qw/param -oldstyle_urls/;

-newstyle_urls
Separate the name=value pairs in CGI parameter query strings with semicolons rather than ampersands. For example: 

   ?name=fred;age=24;favorite_color=3

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Semicolon-delimited query strings are always accepted, but will not be emitted by self_url() and query_string() unless the -newstyle_urls pragma is specified.

This became the default in version 2.64.

-oldstyle_urls
Separate the name=value pairs in CGI parameter query strings with ampersands rather than semicolons. This is no longer the default.

blokhead

In reply to Re: Why does CGI::query_string make semicolons the rule, not the exception? by blokhead
in thread Why does CGI::query_string make semicolons the rule, not the exception? by esharris

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