# Plus sign not passed in parameters **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [September 26, 2006, 10:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plus-sign-not-passed-in-parameters/70000 "2006-09-26T10:09:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peter\_De\_Berdt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@Peter\_De\_Berdt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Peter_De_Berdt)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 10:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plus-sign-not-passed-in-parameters/70000/1 "2006-09-26T10:09:54Z")
Hi Running Rails 1.1.6. This is what’s being passed to rails through a GET request: Parameters: {“month”=\>“10”, “title”=\>“Jurassic 5 The Compositive Two”, “action”=\>“index”, “controller”=\>“events”, “day”=\>“8”, “year”=\>“2006”} It should read: Parameters: {“month”=\>“10”, “title”=\>“Jurassic 5 + The Compositive Two”, “action”=\>“index”, “controller”=\>“events”, “day”=\>“8”, “year”=\>“2006”} The link itself reads: [http://www.thedomain.com/events/2006/10/8/Jurassic+5+%2B+The](http://www.thedomain.com/events/2006/10/8/Jurassic+5+%2B+The) +Compositive+Two The title is passed off to a search query, which effectively returns 0 records, as it’s missing the + sign, the query reads “SELECT \* FROM events WHERE title=‘Jurassic 5 The Compositive Two’ …” Is this a bug in rails? I’ve searched trac, but didn’t find anyone with a similar problem. Best regards Peter De Berdt ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_De\_Berdt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@Peter\_De\_Berdt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Peter_De_Berdt)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 10:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plus-sign-not-passed-in-parameters/70000/2 "2006-09-26T10:46:14Z")
> Is this a bug in rails? I’ve searched trac, but didn’t find anyone with a > similar problem. I wonder if it’s decoding the uri twice somehow, resulting in the encoded + sign being turned into a space. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_De\_Berdt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@Peter\_De\_Berdt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Peter_De_Berdt)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 11:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plus-sign-not-passed-in-parameters/70000/3 "2006-09-26T11:40:21Z")
On 26 Sep 2006, at 10:41, snacktime wrote: > > Is this a bug in rails? I’ve searched trac, but didn’t find anyone > > with a > > similar problem. > > I wonder if it’s decoding the uri twice somehow, resulting in the > encoded + sign being turned into a space. Yes, that’s what I was thinking too, but suspecting this doesn’t solve the problem, does it 😉 I know for a fact that my code is doing nothing fancy to cause this to happen. I’ve been browsing through the source of rails, but I found nothing in the last three hours, I was hoping someone else would have solved the same problem. Guess I know what to do tonight… Best regards Peter De Berdt